{"id":355813,"date":"2016-04-04T10:46:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/healthcare\/patient-rights\/health-care-law-forms.html"},"modified":"2024-09-10T17:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T22:20:14","slug":"health-care-law-forms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/healthcare\/patient-rights\/health-care-law-forms.html","title":{"rendered":"Advance Planning With Healthcare Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Advance Planning With Health Care Forms<\/h1>\n
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\n By Melissa McCall, J.D.<\/a> | Legally reviewed by FindLaw Staff<\/a>\n | Last updated\n
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Planning for the future means planning future medical care or treatment. Advance planning helps ensure that health care providers respect your patient rights and wishes. For example, you may want life-sustaining treatment if you can’t breathe on your own. Or you may want to appoint a trusted friend or family member to make health care decisions for you if you become incapacitated.<\/p>\r\n

Health care forms can help you with your advance planning. They will help you express your wishes for medical treatment and identify your health care proxy. For example, a living will allows you to decide about your medical care should you become incapacitated. If you’re interested in creating a living will, hiring a health care attorney, applying for Medicare, or making a long-term health care plan<\/a>, this FindLaw article can help you.<\/p>\r\n

Patient Rights<\/h2>\r\n

Although we do not have a national patient bill of rights, many health care facilities will provide patients with copies of forms and documents. These health care facilities often use the American Medical Association’s sample Patient Bill of Rights<\/a>. A Patient Bill of Rights often addresses the following issues:<\/p>\r\n

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  1. Informed consent<\/li>\r\n
  2. The right to refuse treatment<\/li>\r\n
  3. The right to get copies of your medical records<\/li>\r\n
  4. The right to get complete information from your physician on your medical condition<\/li>\r\n
  5. The right to respectful care includes freedom from discrimination based on the following: