The Patient Self-Determination Act

question 17

Multiple Choice

The Patient Self-Determination Act

• A) applies only to hospice patients.
• B) requires Medicare and Medicaid facilities to have documented policies concerning patients' wishes for life-prolonging therapy.
• C) has legalized passive euthanasia.
• D) is opposed by most Americans.

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Definitions:

Protein Production

The biological process by which cells create proteins, which involves transcription of DNA to RNA and translation of RNA into polypeptide chains.

Energy Currency

ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, often referred to as the energy currency of the cell, is a molecule that transports chemical energy within cells for metabolism.

ATP

Adenosine triphosphate, a high-energy molecule that stores and transports energy within cells for metabolism.

Glycolysis

Anaerobic process during which glucose is converted to pyruvic acid; net of two ATP molecules is produced during glycolysis.