Chapter One
Coordinated Care
This chapter contains questions and answers from the following topic areas:
* Advance Directives
* Advocacy
* Client Care Assignments
* Client Rights
* Collaboration with Multidisciplinary Team
* Concepts of Management and Supervision
* Confidentiality
* Consultation
* Continuity of Care
* Delegation
* Establishing Priorities
* Ethical Practice
* Informed Consent
* Legal Rights Responsibilities
* Performance Improvement (Quality Assurance)
* Referral Process
* Resource Management
* Staff Education
* Supervision
1. The intent of the Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA) of 1990 is to:
1. enhance personal control over legal care decisions.
2. encourage medical treatment decision making prior to need.
3. give one federal standard for living wills and durable powers of attorney.
4. emphasize patient education.
(2) The purpose of the PSDA is to promote decision making prior to need. The focus of the PSDA is healthcare
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