title: Prepping for Patient Self-Determination Act.
abstract: Dec. 1 is the effective date of the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990, which requires all healthcare institutions to provide information to patients on living wills, durable powers of attorney and other "advance directives" governing the extent to which life-sustaining treatment should be administered. Healthcare attorney Michael R. Callahan capsulizes the law's requirements and tells how to meet the deadline.
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Callahan
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States