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Terme préférentiel

Patient Self-Determination Act  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • The purpose of this 1990 federal act is to assure that individuals receiving health care services will be given an opportunity to participate in and direct health care decisions affecting themselves. Under this act, hospitals, health care agencies, and health maintenance organizations are responsible for developing patient information for distribution. The information must include patients' rights, advance directives, living wills, ethics committees' consultation and education functions, limited medical treatment (support/comfort care only), mental health treatment, resuscitation, restraints, surrogate decision making and transfer of care. (from JCAHO, Lexicon, 1994)

Concept générique

Synonyme(s)

  • PL 101-508
  • PL101-508
  • PSDA
  • Public Law 101-508
  • United States Patient Self-Determination Act

Traductions

  • français

  • Loi américaine sur l'autodétermination du patient
  • Loi sur l'autodétermination du malade aux États-Unis
  • Loi sur l'autodétermination du patient aux États-Unis
  • Loi sur les droits des patients à l'autodétermination
  • PL 101-508 (USA)
  • PL101-508 (USA)
  • PSDA (USA)

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J1KK72LH-B

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 10/06/1998, dernière modification le 28/06/2016