Catholic Health East: Ethics Topics

Topics:

Advance Directives

	+ Also see Competence
	+ Also see Decision Making Capacity
	+ Also see Informed Consent
	+ Also see Living Wills
	+ Also see Power of Attorney
Church Teaching
	Directive 24 (23K) Compliance with federal law on informing patients about Advance Directives; conflicts between Advance Directives and Church Teaching
Article/Commentary
	04/13/08 Disparity Between Values and Actions for Advance Directives in New York (219K)
Law/Policy
	Alabama Advance Directive
	Connecticut Advance Directives
	Connecticut Mental Health Directive (219K) Please note that Connecticut does not have a state mental health directive. The form here is not recognized everywhere.
	Delaware Advance Directive
	Florida Advance Directive
	Florida Mental Health Directive
	Georgia Advance Directive
	Georgia Mental Health Directive
	Maine Advance Directive
	Maine Mental Health Directive
	Massachusetts Advance Directive
	New Jersey Advance Directives Forms are at the bottom of the page.
	New Jersey Mental Health Directive
	New York Advance Directive for Health Care
	New York Mental Health Directive
	North Carolina Advance Directives Click on "Forms" on Left Side of Page
	North Carolina Mental Health Directive
	Pennsylvania Advance Directive
	Pennsylvania Mental Health Directive
Web Resource
	+ National Healthcare Decisions Day 2008 Home Page
	+ National Healthcare Decisions Day 2008 Suggested Activities
	+ National Healthcare Decisions Day 2008 Community Outreach Materials
	AHA Advance Directive Laws for all state One-stop-shopping for advance directives infomration
	Best state-by-state site fo advance directives and mental health advance directives New York Online Access to Health
	Caring Connections Download Your State's Directive
	Compassion and Support at the End of Life Web page resource for Care at the End of Life
	End-of-Life Care Survey of Upstate New Yorkers (998K) Advance Care Planning Values and Actions
	Physicians Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Paradigm A form available in some stats that prompts conversations between pateint and physician over end of life care.
	Psychiatric Advance Directives The Bazelon Center for Mental Halth Law offers a generic psychiatric advance directive for states without such laws

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