Patient Self-Determination Act
"Patient Self-Determination Act" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D019726
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.706.615.808
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Self-Determination Act- Patient Self-Determination Act
- Patient Self Determination Act
- Self-Determination Act, Patient
- PL 101-508
- PL 101 508
- United States Patient Self-Determination Act
- United States Patient Self Determination Act
- PSDA
- Public Law 101-508
- Law 101-508, Public
- Public Law 101 508
- PL101-508
- PL101 508
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