This customizable document, Advance Directives, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Administrative Manual for Ambulatory Care Facilities. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Advance Directives:

	PURPOSE: The purpose of this policy is to provide an atmosphere of respect and caring and to ensure that each patient's ability and right to participate in medical decision making is maximized and not compromised as a result of admission for care through Facility. Additionally, the purpose of this policy is to assure compliance with the Patient Self-Determination Act PSDA in such a manner as to expand the patient, personnel and community knowledge base regarding advance directives and the process by which patient participation in medical decision making is carried out at this...
Second excerpt:
	... Facility's policies, mission and value statements regarding advance directives and withholding of life-sustaining measures will be provided to the medical, allied health professional and facility staff on a periodic basis and as necessary. Information will be provided through a collaborative effort with all disciplines via inservice format as well as written newsletters, memorandums, orientation processes, annual personnel reviews and through the Advance Directive Task Force members. In...