Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare

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Running Head: Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for HealthcareLiving Will and Durable Power of Attorney for HealthcareTitle:Course Name:Topic Name:Professor’s Name:Student Name:Date:In the context of healthcare, explain the legal and ethical foundations of advance directives,specifically focusing on therole of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) and the ethicalprinciples of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. Additionally, discuss howadvance directives, such as a Living Will and Medical Power of Attorney, are valuable inguiding healthcare decision-making when a patient becomes incapacitated. What are some real-life situations where these directives would be beneficial for patients and healthcare providers?Word count requirement: 1500-2000 words

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Running Head: Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for HealthcareThe term "advance directives"mainlyrefers to treatmentpredilectionand thedescriptionof asurrogate decision-maker in theconsequencethat an individualshould becomeincapabletomake medicaldeterminationonhis orher own behalf(Perkins HS, 2007). Advance directives areessentialtools for anyone.Itguideschoices forcaregiversanddoctors if you'reseverelyill,criticallyinjured, in a comaposition, in the latephase of dementia.Importantlyadvance directiveenables apersontofeelabout what they would like toensueto them in theeventthat they losethecapabilityto takewelldecisions about their care(Perkins HS, 2007).Also advance directivesare important documents that should beintegratedwith each individual'sownmedical records.Legal and ethical basis for Advance DirectivesLegal BasisIt is aconventionallegal theory that a legitimatelycapableperson isauthorized to consent orrefusemedical treatment even if the declinationconsequencein death.In the year 1990,USCongress passed thevaluablePatient Self Determination Act (PSDA), which wasmainlyestablished after theruling ofSupreme Court’s inthe case ofCruzan v Missouri Department ofHealth in which it was found that it wasadequateto require "convincingandclear evidence" ofa patient'sdesiresfor removal of life support (J Virmani, LJ Schneiderman&RM Kaplan,1994).ThePatient Self Determination Actsupports the rights ofadult’smen or womento maketreatment decisions,as well asthe right todeclinetreatment.It also obligesthehealth carecontributor orproviders in each state toinformpatients of thatstate'sguiding principleregarding advanceinstructions and on the individual's right to makeproxy directivesorinstructional directives orconcerningto possible future medical treatment (JVirmani, LJ Schneiderman&RM Kaplan, 1994).Also thePSDAencourages patients toplanadvance directives.

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