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Summary of Health Care Decision Statutes Enacted in 2020-2021

(2 days ago) (AD) 2021 Colo. Legis. Serv. Ch. 115 (S.B. 21-195). Approved May 7, 2021. Effective May 7, 2021. An Act Concerning Permitting Notarization of Certain Probate Documents. This provision amends the … See more

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol-43/bifocal-vol-43-issue-1-september-october-2021/summary-of-health-care-decision-statutes-enacted-in-2020-2021-/

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Who Makes Decisions for Incapacitated Patients Who …

(8 days ago) WEBGenerally, there is agreement that “a substituted judgement or a best interest standard” is best to help guide decision making for unrepresented patients, 9 although laws and policies vary in how best to uphold a best …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/who-makes-decisions-incapacitated-patients-who-have-no-surrogate-or-advance-directive/2019-07

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Default Surrogate Decision Making - Fundamentals - Merck …

(5 days ago) WEBThe general term for such person is surrogate decision maker. If there is no health care power of attorney document in place and no court-appointed guardian or conservator …

https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/fundamentals/legal-and-ethical-issues/default-surrogate-decision-making

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Overview of Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

(3 days ago) WEBLegal capacity (competency): The right and ability to manage one’s own affairs (usually starting at age 18 in most states). Legal incapacity (incompetency): The inability to …

https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/fundamentals/legal-and-ethical-issues/overview-of-legal-and-ethical-issues-in-health-care

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Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions - Fundamentals - Merck …

(Just Now) WEBHealth care professionals, even if they think the person is incapable of making a decision, cannot override the person’s expressed wishes unless a court declares the person …

https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/fundamentals/legal-and-ethical-issues/capacity-to-make-health-care-decisions

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Summary of Health Care Decision Statutes Enacted in 2018

(9 days ago) WEBHawaii. (DS) 2018 Hawaii Laws Act 125 (H.B. 1812). Approved July 5, 2018. Effective October 1, 2018. The purpose of this Act is to clarify that health care …

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol-40/issue-2-november-december-2018/2018-health-care-decision-statutes/

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California's Health Care Decisions Law Fact Sheet

(9 days ago) WEBThe AHCD allows a person to do either or both of two things: Appoint a Power of Attorney for Health Care. State instructions for future healthcare decisions. The AHCD can be …

https://www.uclahealth.org/sites/default/files/documents/CA-Healthcare-Decisions-Law.pdf?f=ac29c33b

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Consent, Communication & Decision Making AMA …

(7 days ago) WEBInformed Consent. Informed consent to medical treatment is fundamental in both ethics and law. Patients have the right to receive information and ask questions about recommended treatments so that they can make well …

https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/chapters/consent-communication-decision-making

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When Does A Minor’s Legal Competence To Make Health Care …

(9 days ago) WEBToday, the doctrine of parental consent remains the default legal and bioethical framework for health care decisions for children. Yet, the law reveals a …

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/146/Supplement_1/S25/34485/When-Does-A-Minor-s-Legal-Competence-To-Make

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Family Health Care Decisions Act - New York State Bar …

(2 days ago) WEB§ 2994-b. Applicability; priority of certain other surrogate decision-making laws and regulations 1. This article shall apply to health care decisions regarding health …

https://nysba.org/app/uploads/2021/02/01-Text-of-the-FHCDA.pdf

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The Ethics and Laws Governing Informed Decision-Making in …

(1 days ago) WEBInformed decision-making, within the context of healthcare, relates to the process of shared decision-making, through honest and full disclosure of the context …

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-68570-6_3

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Maryland Attorney General - Health Care Decisions Act

(8 days ago) WEBSlideshow presenting the Act's framework for health care decision-making as well as information about the Maryland Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) …

https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/HealthPolicy/hcda.aspx

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Capacity, competence, and consent - Knowledge @ AMBOSS

(7 days ago) WEBAdvance health care directive: prespecified legal instructions from the patient used to guide medical decision-making. Living will: a legal document in which …

https://www.amboss.com/us/knowledge/capacity-competence-and-consent

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Who Decides When a Patient Can’t? Statutes on Alternate …

(3 days ago) WEBThe group most commonly prohibited from serving as alternate decision makers is health care providers, with 35 states limiting or prohibiting their service in this …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5527273/

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Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making

(Just Now) WEBAdvance directives are written statements prepared ahead of time that allow caregivers to know of a patient’s wishes for treatment or that legally specify an alternate decision …

https://medicine.missouri.edu/centers-institutes-labs/health-ethics/faq/advance-directives

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Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice

(8 days ago) WEBInformed consent should be seen as an essential part of health care practice; parental permission and childhood assent is an active process that engages patients, …

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/138/2/e20161484/52512/Informed-Consent-in-Decision-Making-in-Pediatric

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Who will make health care decisions for you if you are unable …

(Just Now) WEBA Health Care Representative cannot make any decision that would withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from you unless you are in an end-stage medical condition or …

https://www.uphs.upenn.edu/pastoral/cpe/HCR_worksheet_for_patients.pdf

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Code of Virginia Code - Article 8. Health Care Decisions Act

(9 days ago) WEB§ 54.1-2990. Medically unnecessary health care not required; procedure when physician refuses to comply with an advance directive or a designated person's health care …

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodefull/title54.1/chapter29/article8/

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Effective July 28, 2019: Changes to State Law on Medical Decision …

(6 days ago) WEBThe purpose of this bulletin is to inform hospitals about recent changes to state law on medical decision making. Engrossed House Bill 1175 expands the classes …

https://www.wsha.org/articles/19127/

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Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions - MSD Manuals

(8 days ago) WEBThe law recognizes that adults—in most states, people age 18 and older—have the right to manage their own affairs and conduct personal business, including the right to make …

https://www.msdmanuals.com/home/fundamentals/legal-and-ethical-issues/capacity-to-make-health-care-decisions

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