In Pennsylvania you are able to make your own choices regarding medical care should you no longer be able to make decisions. Hospitals recognize advance health care directive
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Federal law requires that hospitals ask patients who are admitted whether or not they have an advance directive. If you do have a living will or a durable power of attorney for health care, you should provide a copy |
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Pennsylvania Advance Health Care Directive. Making Personal Decision
Resource: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/legal/adv.html
This document is written by the attorneys and staff of the Office of Legal Affairs of the University of Pennsylvania. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES: A PERSONAL DECISION Today, you are able to make your own choices regarding medical care. But what if an accident or physical illness left you incapable of making decisions or communicating you wishes? Have you thought about what you would want in such a situation? Are you aware that you have the legal right to accept, reject or discontinue medical care and treatment? Do your family members or friends know you well enough to make critical medical decisions for you?MAKING YOUR WISHES KNOWN AT THE HOSPITAL When you are admitted to the hospital, a member of the health care team will ask if you have an advance directive -- a living will or a durable power of attorney. Federal law requires that hospitals ask patients who are admitted whether or not they have an advance directive. You are not required to have an advance directive, it is your decision. If you do have a living will or a durable power of attorney for health care, you should provide a copy (not your original) to be placed on your medical record.The hospitals policies recognize advance directives and involve patients and families in decisions on the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments as required by law. GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE If you or someone close to you needed an organ transplant to live, who would donate the organ? That is a question that thousands of area men, women and children are waiting to have answered. For most, a second chance at life depends on special people who pledge to be organ and tissue donors. You can pledge you organs simply by discussing you wishes with your loved ones and by signing an organ donor cared or by indicating your wishes on an advance directive. The sample living will at the end of this document provides you with an opportunity to give the gift of life through organ donation."Pennsylvania Advance Health Care Directive. Making Personal Decision"
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