The Patient Self-Determination Act Requires Health Care Providers Who Work

question 1

True/False

The Patient Self-Determination Act requires health care providers who work with Medicaid and Medicare to provide each patient or authorized surrogate written information about the patient's right to be informed, upon admission by the health care facility, of policies that concern patients' rights.

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Definitions:

Positive

In economics, referring to factual statements or analyses about how the world is, as opposed to normative statements which are about how the world ought to be.

National Defense

The government activities and measures taken to protect a country and its citizens from external and internal threats, including maintaining armed forces and developing defense strategies.

Positive

Characterized by the presence of something rather than its absence; in economics, often used to describe factual statements or analysis.

Unemployment

The situation when individuals who are capable of working are unable to find a job.