What does the Patient Self Determination Act require healthcare providers to do?
Medical facilities are obligated to perform all invasive procedures as a way to respect patient autonomy.
Healthcare providers must inform patients about their rights to make medical decisions and ask about their existence of advance directives.
All healthcare institutions provide life-sustaining treatments to patients unless a DNR order is presented upon admission.
Healthcare providers are required to assign a medical durable power of attorney for all admitted patients.