Virginia Advance Directive Laws

THE PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT VIRGINIA HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT HAD 611 Karen N. Swisher, MS, JD

[object Object],A MODERN PSALM by Robert Fraser

What do we Know about Dying in America ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DOCTOR/PATIENT COMMUNICATION? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

THE RIGHT TO REFUSE MARGINALLY EFFECTIVE MEDICAL TREATMENTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

OTHER ISSUES WHICH COURTS HAVE ADDRESSED IN REFUSAL CASES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

PATIENTS WHO REFUSE MEDICALLY INDICATED TREATMENT ,[object Object]

patients are afraid of pain . Half the patients who died in the hospital had moderate to severe pain at least half the time during their last few days ,[object Object]

OTHER REASONS PATIENTS REFUSE INDICATED TREATMENTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

PATIENT AUTONOMY & INFORMED CONSENT ,[object Object],[object Object]

STATE INTERESTS THAT LIMIT PATIENT AUTONOMY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

PRESERVATION OF LIFE ,[object Object],[object Object]

PROTECTION OF INNOCENT THIRD PARTIES ,[object Object],[object Object]

A CHILD’S RIGHT TO REFUSE MEDICAL TREATMENT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

STATE INTEREST IN THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE ,[object Object]

PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ,[object Object]

PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],VIRGINIA HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT

[object Object],TERMINAL CONDITION

[object Object],PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE

[object Object],INCAPABLE OF MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION

SURROGATE DECISION MAKING ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

WHEN FAMILY MEMBERS DISAGREE ,[object Object]

SURROGATE DUTIES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

DUTY TO TRANSFER PATIENT ,[object Object]

[object Object],MEDICALLY UNNECESSARY TREATMENT

LIFE-PROLONGING PROCEDURES ,[object Object]

PAIN MANAGEMENT ,[object Object]

ETHICAL DILEMMAS & ADVANCE DIRECTIVES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

LEGAL DILEMMAS & ADVANCE DIRECTIVES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

THE FUTURE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Naturalness of Dying ,[object Object]

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