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Redrafting Ohio's Advance Directive Laws, Susan R. Martyn, James E. Reagan, Brendan Minogue, Debra L. Dippel, Maria R. Schimer, Robert Taraszewski
Redrafting Ohio's Advance Directive Laws, Susan R. Martyn, James E. Reagan, Brendan Minogue, Debra L. Dippel, Maria R. Schimer, Robert Taraszewski
Akron Law Review
The Bioethics Network of Ohio (BENO) held its second annual conference on June 12, 1992 at Ohio Dominican College, Columbus, Ohio. Attendees recommended that a Task Force' review Ohio's Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (DPAHC) and Modified Uniform Rights for the Terminally Ill (MURTIA) laws and suggest changes that would retain the basic structure of these provisions but also simplify and clarify their meaning. The Task Force completed a draft in six months and circulated it to approximately 450 individual and institutional BENO members. About one hundred members responded and this article incorporates most of their comments.
Health Care Decision Making In The Veterans Health Administration: The Legal Significance For Informed Consent And Advance Directives, Liliana Kalogjera Barry
Health Care Decision Making In The Veterans Health Administration: The Legal Significance For Informed Consent And Advance Directives, Liliana Kalogjera Barry
Marquette Elder's Advisor
No abstract provided.
Do Pregnant Women Have (Living) Will?, Daniel Sperling
Do Pregnant Women Have (Living) Will?, Daniel Sperling
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
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The Current State Of Advance Directive Law In Ohio: More Protective Of Provider Liability Than Patients Rights, Marie Ortman
The Current State Of Advance Directive Law In Ohio: More Protective Of Provider Liability Than Patients Rights, Marie Ortman
Journal of Law and Health
Ohio has adopted the Modified Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act which governs the use and execution of written advance directives as expressions of a patient's desire to consent to or refuse future medical treatment. However, the Act also includes a provision that grants both civil and criminal immunity to health care providers who do not comply with a person's written advance directive. Unfortunately, because of the grant of civil and criminal immunity encompassed within the adopted written advance directive statutes, Ohio law today does not afford any greater protection of a patient's right to refuse medical treatment at …