Give two reasons why legislation was necessary to require health care directives in some instances


1.Physicians are taught to preserve life and death may be seen as a failure. Allowing individuals to die, even with no hope of survival, is difficult, even impossible for some.
2.Medical technology has advanced much faster than has ethics (or laws). Dying clients may get caught up in a system in which technology is the ultimate control.

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A) foramen ovale opens. B) tricuspid and mitral valves open. C) pulmonic and aortic semilunar valves close. D) tricuspid and mitral valves close.

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Which of the following is NOT a common type of payment arrangement in a managed care contract?

A. Discounted fee-for-service B. Usual and customary C. Capitation D. Per case

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Why must a separate dental chart be set up and maintained on each and every patient?

What will be an ideal response?

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Yeast infections are caused by unicellular bacteria that reproduce by budding

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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