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2. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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   An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity. In the U.S. it has a ...

3. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - Wikipedia

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   Advance directives are not portable in a sense that it is not accessible across medical systems, so it is the individual's responsibility to have the form on them at all times. [4] This can bring up challenges as it can be difficult to locate and may need to be interpreted when it is needed. [4] Because advanced directives are filled out by ...

4. Luis Kutner - Wikipedia

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   Luis Kutner was the first to publish the concept of the living will (which is the oldest form of an advance directive) in 1969. [3] The term living will means that this form of will was to be used while an individual was still alive (but no longer able to make decisions).

5. End-of-life care - Wikipedia

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   An advance healthcare directive is a legal document that either documents a person's decisions about desired treatment or indicates who a person has entrusted to make their care decisions for them. [10] The two main types of advanced directives are a living will and durable power of attorney for healthcare. A living will includes a person's ...

6. Patient Self-Determination Act - Wikipedia

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   The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1990 as an amendment to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.Effective on December 1, 1991, this legislation required many hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and other health care institutions to provide information about ...

7. FreeWill Review: Pros & Cons - AOL

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   For users who need to create an advance healthcare directive (also known as a living will), filling out the form will involve answering questions about some personal information, selecting a ...