and Client Rights Lessons 1 Advance Directives Go 2 Client Rights Go Advance Directives and Client Rights T ABLE O F C ONTENTS Lesson 1 Advance Directives Advance directives ID: 613252
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Lesson 1– Advance Directives
Advance directives
are legal documents that allow people to state what medical treatments they want or do not want in the event that they are unable to make decisions or communicate because of severe illness or injury.
States may differ in their laws regarding advance directives. Slide4
Lesson 1– Living Will
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living will is a document that allows people to state what medical treatments they want or do not want to prolong their life in the event that they are unable to make decisions or communicate because of severe illness or injury.
A living will may state that people do or do not want to have an autopsy or donate their organs.Slide5
Lesson 1– Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
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durable power of attorney
for health care is a document that allows a person, the principal, to give another person, the agent, the right to make decisions regarding the principal’s health care if the principal is unable to make decisions or communicate because of severe illness or injury.
A living will outweighs power of attorney.Slide6
Lesson 1– Anatomical Gifts
The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) of 1968 allows people to donate their body or parts of their body after death for transplantation or medical research.
If people want to donate their body or parts of their body, they should state this clearly by filling out a donor card, giving permission on a driver’s license, joining a donor registry, or including anatomical gifts in a living will.
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Lesson 1– Patient Self-Determination Act
Health care providers must:
Tell adult patients of their rights to make decisions regarding their health care and to have advance directives
Assist in preparing advance directives
Document patients’ decisions regarding health care and any advance directives in their medical record
Implement patients’ decisions regarding health care and any advance directives
Never discriminate against patients based on whether or not they have advance directives
Educate staff and the community on advance directivesSlide8
Lesson 2–Human and Civil and Client Rights
Human rights
are the basic, fundamental rights that belong to all people.Civil rights are the privileges and protections given to all U.S. citizens by Constitutional, federal, state, and local law.
Client rights
are the rights that people are entitled to when they are in a relationship with a professional.Slide9
Lesson 2– The Patient’s Bill of Rights
List of rights that are honored by health care providers.
All states have adopted versions of this bill and health care workers must comply.Slide10
Lesson 2– Right to Information Disclosure
Providers must:
Give accurate, understandable informationIdentify themselvesSlide11
Lesson 2– Right to Choose Providers
Patients can:
Choose providers
Have access to specialists.Slide12
Lesson 2– Right to Emergency Services
Patients can:
Receive emergency care anywhereIncludes out-of-network servicesSlide13
Lesson 2– Right to Make Decisions
Providers must:
Inform patients
Answer questionsPatients can:Make the decisions
Select advance directives
Donate bodySlide14
Lesson 2– Right to Respect
Providers must:
Be considerateTreat with dignityNever discriminateNever abuseSlide15
Lesson 2– Right to Privacy
Providers must:
Keep information confidential
Not disclose without permissionPatients can:Review records
Obtain copy of recordsSlide16
Lesson 2– Right to Make a Grievance
Patients can:
Make a complaintProviders must:Respond objectively and promptlyInform of grievance processSlide17
Lesson 2– Patient Responsibilities
In addition to patient rights, patients also have responsibilities.
These responsibilities include:
Giving complete and truthful information to physicians
Asking for information about health care
Informing physicians of advance directives
Following the physicians’ instructions
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Lesson 2– The Resident’s Bill of Rights
The
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1987 includes many regulations regarding long-term health care. In addition to patients’ rights, residents in long-term health care facilities have additional rights.