Patient Self-determination Act, DNR, and Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment 1-2 pages

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You are a health investigator for “Happy Health Hospital”. You have to answer these questions for the hospital director:

My first question is about living wills. How does our hospital handle those and why?

So, tell me about the PSDA. What is our hospital required to do under the PSDA, and why is that important?

Now, let’s talk about DNR orders and when it’s ethically responsible to withhold or withdraw treatment. What are your thoughts?

So, how can our hospital best help with ethical health care decision making?