The patient self-determination act requires all hospitals that receive medicare and medicaid funding to a. encourage all terminal patients to file a living will with the state. b. seek consent from family members to discontinue treatment. c. assist in the suicides of terminally ill patients with chronic pain. d. document whether a patient has an advance medical directive

D. document whether a patient has an advance medical directive

Explanation:

The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA), passed in 1990 and instituted on December 1, 1991, encourages all people to make choices and decisions now about the types and extent of medical care they want to accept or refuse should they become unable to make those decisions due to illness

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