Patient Self Determination Act - Revitalized Finally

I am preparing my next "Legal Briefing" for the Journal of Clinical Ethics on the two-decades-in-the-making revitalization of the Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA).  



Other articles in my "Legal Briefing" series, dating back to 2009, include:

• Shared Decision Making and Patient Decision Aids


• POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)


• The Unbefriended: Making Healthcare Decisions for Patients without Proxies


• Medically Futile and Non-Beneficial Treatment


• The Best Interest Standard: Both Guide and Limit to Medical Decision Making on Behalf of Incapacitated Patients


• Healthcare Ethics Committees


• Crisis Standards of Care


• Organ Donation


• Conscience Clauses and Conscientious Refusal 


• Informed Consent


• Advance Care Planning


• Medical Futility and Assisted Suicide