Communications and the Patient Self-Determination Act : strategies for meeting the educational mandate : a resource guide.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. (Willard Off. Bldg., 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 200, Washington 20004) : Annenberg Washington Program, Communications Policy Studies, Northwestern University, c1993.
Description:	41 p. ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. Informed consent (Medical law) -- United States. Right to die -- Law and legislation -- United States. Advance Directives -- United States -- Legislation. Patient Acceptance of Health Care -- United States -- Legislation.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1685682

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Other authors / contributors:	Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy Studies.
Notes:	Cover title. Includes bibliographical references.

Table of Contents:

The Patient Self-Determination Act: a blueprint for incremental change
The special role of nurses in implementation of the Patient Self-Determination Act
The Patient Self-Determination Act: implementing the education requirements
The importance of the Patient Self-Determination Act to a more responsive health care system
Rethinking how we communicate about advance directives: hidden errors in our assumptions about planning for care
Advance directives: the prescription is not the cure.

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