The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)of 1991

The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) of 1991

A) requires all health facilities in the U.S. to do whatever is necessary to prolong the life of an individual if the family requests it.
B) requires all health facilities in the U.S. to administer whatever medical procedure a dying person requests.
C) requires all health facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding to recognize the living will and durable power of attorney for health care as advance directives.
D) grants physicians the option of ending the life of a terminally ill patient by active euthanasia if they determine the patient is in severe pain or no longer has normal brain function.