Advance directives.
Hospitals and health care professionals nationwide have been busy dealing with a new federal law, the "Patient Self Determination Act." Recent court rulings regarding a patient's right to determine his or her wishes for life-sustaining treatment have many health care professionals responding to new legal and ethical questions from patients.
Maude Norton Memorial City Hospital, Columbus, KS.
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