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The Patient Self-Determination Act - Meeting the Challenges in Patient Care (Paperback, Revised)
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The Patient Self-Determination Act - Meeting the Challenges in Patient Care (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Clinical Medical Ethics series
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The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 required medical
facilities to provide patients with written notification of their
right to refuse or consent to medical treatment. Using this Act as
an important vehicle for improving the health care decisionmaking
process, Lawrence P. Ulrich explains the social, legal, and ethical
background to the Act by focusing on well-known cases such as those
of Karen Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan, and he explores ways in which
physicians and other caregivers can help patients face the complex
issues in contemporary health care practices. According to Ulrich,
health care facilities often address the letter of the law in a
merely perfunctory way, even though the Act integrates all the
major ethical issues in health care today. Ulrich argues that
well-designed conversations between clinicians and patients or
their surrogates will not only assist in preserving patient dignity
- which is at the heart of the Act - but will also help
institutions to manage the liability issues that the Act may have
introduced. He particularly emphasizes developing effective advance
directives. Ulrich examines related issues, such as the negative
effect of managed care on patient self-determination, and concludes
with a seldom-discussed issue: the importance of being a
responsible patient. Showing how the Patient Self-Determination Act
can be a linchpin of more meaningful and effective communication
between patient and caregiver, this book provides concrete guidance
to health care professionals, medical ethicists, and patient-rights
advocates.
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