The Patient's Self-Determination Act passed by Congress requires hospitals to
a) take every measure to prevent suicide.
b) inform patients of rights to control their treatment through living wills.
c) arrest any doctors who provide any suicide assistance.
d) instruct doctors to remove life support, regardless of the patient's wishes.
b) inform patients of rights to control their treatment through living wills.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A. sex ratio effect. B. gender gap. C. androgyny factor. D. glass wall.
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A. megachurches B. community centers C. fundamentalism D. mainline protestantism
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A. land mines B. high-altitude bombing C. small-arms fire D. mortar fire