The Patient Self Determination Act is a law:
A) that requires most health care institutions (not individual doctors) inform a patient, at the
time of admission or enrollment, about their rights under state laws regarding advance
directives.
B) designed to implement certain basic patient rights and guidelines for nursing home care
facilities.
C) that outlines a patient's rights while in a hospital.
D) that regulates the sharing of medical information.
Question 2
Which act was passed to implement certain basic patient rights and guidelines for nursing home care facilities?
A) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
B) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
C) Patient's Bill of Rights
D) Patient Self Determination Act
Leukemia. A blood smear from a patient suffering from leukemia demonstrates the abundance of enlarge
Patient with a cerebrovascular accident.
Anthropologist Andrea Wiley (left) investigates the effects of high-altitude living on reproductive
Sequence of patient positions for heart auscultation
Patient health history form.
Calipers being used to measure body fat on the triceps of a patient.