Q My patient suffers from memory loss, intermittent confusion and disorientation, and his physician thinks that my patient has not been competent to make or communicate his own health care decisions ...

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – Emergencies happen and sometimes it’s a medical emergency, like if you are in a serious car accident or get a sudden critical illness. And sometimes these emergencies make ...

Filling out an Advance Directive with a loved one. (Get it Done SB photo) If you experienced a life-threatening emergency tomorrow and were unable to speak for yourself, would your loved ones and ...

The 2023 UHCDA is intended to supersede its predecessor, the 1993 Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (1993 Act). The 1993 Act acknowledged the right of an individual to make decisions about their own ...

Over the past few years, I’ve been taking care of future planning documentation to help make things easier for my adult children when I am no longer able. I have completed a will, financial and legal ...

An advance healthcare directive provides clear instructions for family members, reducing confusion and stress when making medical decisions on your behalf in the event that you are unable to make them ...

Objectives To investigate which of two sources of information about an older adult's wishes—choices made in an advance directive or proxy's opinion—provides better insight into the older adult's ...

The Directive on Automated Decision-Making came into effect in April 2019, to ensure that the government of Canada’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to make, or assist in making, administrative ...

The NIS2 Directive marks a significant evolution in the European Union’s approach to cybersecurity, expanding both the scope of regulated entities ...

A recent report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (2019), reviewed the statutes of 50 states and the District of Columbia governing treatment decisions for incapacitated ...

New Jersey health officials will continue to recommend universal vaccination of newborns for hepatitis B despite a RFK Jr.