The Patient Self Determination Act of 1990

question 4

Multiple Choice

The Patient Self Determination Act of 1990:

• A) addresses end-of-life decisions and care related thereto
• B) provides for the use of living wills, health care proxies, and advance directives
• C) was made necessary in part by technological advances in life support systems
• D) All of these are correct

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Early developmental stages of animals or plants prior to birth or hatching.

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Group of organisms that can interbreed.

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The period of development from the fertilization of an egg to the birth of an organism.