As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Informed Consent/Refusal of Treatment. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Informed Consent/Refusal of Treatment:

	PURPOSE: To obtain an informed consent for Hospice services. To explain the process of informing patients and families about services and involving patients in the care planning process. POLICY: The patient must sign a consent to participate in Hospice services before receiving care. If the patient is physically unable to sign the consent form then the patient's representative or person designated by a signed Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care may sign. The patient and family will: Be given information, in an understandable language, to decide the care/service being provided. Be...
Second excerpt:
	...written information when available. The benefits and effects of the procedure, including who will perform the procedure. When appropriate, the family or caregiver can help in the care and treatment of the patient. This may include: Helping with ordered treatments; Carrying out activities specified in the plan of care; Encouraging the patient with designated activities; Performing activities when agency personnel are not present. Hospice tries to include, to the extent possible,...