The law is intended to encourage possible life-sustaining treatment in the event that they become seriously ill or injured and are not able to specify their desires at that time. According to this law; all hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, and hospice programs receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid are now required to create formal procedures that provide written information at admission to patients about decision making a treatment refusal rights in their healthcare. It means that patients have the right and ability to make their own choices and decisions about medical care and treatment they will receive as long as those decisions are within the limits of the law. It would make
The law is intended to encourage possible life-sustaining treatment in the event that they become seriously ill or injured and are not able to specify their desires at that time. According to this law; all hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, and hospice programs receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid are now required to create formal procedures that provide written information at admission to patients about decision making a treatment refusal rights in their healthcare. It means that patients have the right and ability to make their own choices and decisions about medical care and treatment they will receive as long as those decisions are within the limits of the law. It would make