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Legal documents that allow people to make their end of life decisions or appoint someone to make the decisions are collectively known as
Advance Directives
A document that allows people to state what medical treatments they want or do not want to prolong their life in the event that they are unable to make decisions or communicate because of severe illness or injury
Living Will
A living will must be signed when a person is competent, and it must be witnessed by ____ adults who will not benefit from the person's death.
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The person you appointment as your Durable Power of Attorney is known as your ____.
Agent
A document that allows a person, a principal, to give another person, an agent, the right to make decisions regarding the principal's health care if the principal is unable to make decisions or
Durable Power of Attorney
If a Living Will states one thing and the Durable Power of Attorney states the opposite thing, which will win out?
Living Will
This allows people to donate their body or parts of their body after death for transplantation or medical research.
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
This requires health care providers to provide information to patients about their rights to make decisions regarding their health care and to have advance directives
Patient Self Determination Act
These include the rights to freedom, equality, justice, and peace.
Human Rights
Privileges and protections given to all U.S. citizens are ______ rights.
Civil
They include freedom of speech and the press, of assembly, of petition, to free exercise of religion, to due process of law, to equal protection of the law, and to vote.
Civil Rights
______ rights are the rights that people are entitled to when they are in a relationship with a professional, such as an attorney or physician.
Client
A formal complaint
Grievance
In addition to patients' rights, residents in long-term health care facilities have additional rights known as _____ Rights.
Resident
This act includes many regulations regarding long-term health care.
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) included regulations for ____ Bill of Rights?
Residents
