Since the PSDA became law on December 1, all Medicare and Medicaid health care providers are required to develop policies and procedures to comply with the law. The principles of autonomy and distributive justice are basic to the Act, and the social worker's vital role will continue to develop as the law is implemented.
A question asked at a recent advance directives seminar brought divided opinions from the attorneys present, resulting in a lively discussion of whether a court-appointed guardian must honor a patient's advance directive. The question is presented in this article with the first of several legal opinions to be published. As background, the Update presents the following discussion of advance directives by Suzanne Mitchell, assistant professor, Loyola University Law School Institute for Health Law.
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