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Overview of Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care
Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions
Legal incapacity (or incompetency)
Clinical incapacity
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Informed Consent
Refusing care
Advance Directives
Living Will
Examples of language
Limitations
Health Care Power of Attorney
Default Surrogate Decision Making
Adults
Children
Legal Standard for Making Medical Decisions
Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Orders
Portable Medical Orders
Confidentiality and HIPAA
Medical Malpractice