The Patient Self-Determination Act requires

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The Patient Self-Determination Act requires facilities receiving Medicare to inform patients about advance directives. This means that healthcare facilities are required to give patients information about their right to make decisions about their medical treatment, including the right to refuse treatment and the right to have an advance directive. The Act does not require physicians to do everything in their power to save a patient (choice A), the naming of a specific individual who can make decisions for ill patients (choice B), or facilities receiving Medicare to have advance directives for all patients (choice D).

The Patient Self-Determination Act Requires