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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Legislation as Topic > Patient Self-Determination Act
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Preferred term

Patient Self-Determination Act  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Law 101-508, Public
  • PL 101 508
  • PL 101-508
  • PL101 508
  • PL101-508
  • PSDA
  • Public Law 101 508
  • Public Law 101-508
  • United States Patient Self Determination Act
  • United States Patient Self-Determination Act

Note

  • add UNITED STATES; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

Scope note

  • The purpose of this 1990 federal act is to assure that individuals receiving health care services will be given an opportunity to participate in and direct health care decisions affecting themselves. Under this act, hospitals, health care agencies, and health maintenance organizations are responsible for developing patient information for distribution. The information must include patients' rights, advance directives, living wills, ethics committees' consultation and education functions, limited medical treatment (support/comfort care only), mental health treatment, resuscitation, restraints, surrogate decision making and transfer of care. (from JCAHO, Lexicon, 1994)

History note

  • 99

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019726

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