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2. Five Wishes - Wikipedia

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   Wishes 3, 4, and 5 are unique to Five Wishes, in that they address matters of comfort care, spirituality, forgiveness, and final wishes. Wish 1 : "The Person I Want to Make Care Decisions for Me When I Can't" – This section is an assignment of a health care agent (also called proxy, surrogate, representative, or health care power of attorney ).

3. 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 ...

4. List of healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States

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   Health Action New Mexico; Health Care for All (Massachusetts) Health Care for All Minnesota https://hca-mn.org; Health Care for America NOW! Healthcare-NOW! Kentucky Voices for Health; Maryland Health Care for All! Coalition; Medicare Rights Center; National Coalition on Health Care; National Physicians Alliance (merged into Doctors for America ...

5. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - Wikipedia

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   2010: Illinois forms the POLST Taskforce with support from more than 60 health care organizations; the Catholic Health Association formally supports POLST. [14] 2011: POLST is signed into law in New Jersey [29] after Governor Chris Christie conditionally vetoes S-2197 for provisions allowing doctors to override people's wishes [citation needed ...

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. West Side Community Health Services - Wikipedia

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   It is Minnesota's largest community clinic organization, providing health care at 18 locations to some 35,000 patients. [1] [2] WSCHS was founded in 1969 as People's Health Center, a group of volunteers who worked in a church basement to provide free health care services for Spanish-speaking residents of St. Paul's West Side.