The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)of 1991

question 40

Multiple Choice

The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) of 1991

• A) requires all health facilities in the U.S. to do whatever is necessary to prolong the life of an individual if the family requests it.
• B) requires all health facilities in the U.S. to administer whatever medical procedure a dying person requests.
• C) requires all health facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding to recognize the living will and durable power of attorney for health care as advance directives.
• D) grants physicians the option of ending the life of a terminally ill patient by active euthanasia if they determine the patient is in severe pain or no longer has normal brain function.