Exam 16: Legal Issues

An arrangement through which one transfers property to a third party with instructions for its distribution after death while retaining control over the property during his or her life is called a:

In relationship to organ donation, "first-person consent" means .

In the U.S., when someone dies who was not under the care of a physician or the death occurred suddenly, determination of death falls under the jurisdiction of .

The scope of a "durable power of attorney in health care matters" can include .

A principal document on which determinations of death are recorded, and which is the basis for much record keeping on deaths and collection of statistical data, is:

The Patient Self-Determination Act requires that persons be informed of their right to execute an advance directive about wishes for care. This applies to:

If an unmarried individual dies without a will or any qualified heir, his or her estate passes to .

If I want to donate bodily tissues and organs in the event of my death, what is the best thing to do to insure that outcome?

The "Five Wishes" document:

The person authorized by an advance directive to carry out an incapacitated individual's wishes concerning health care matters is called:

Imagine a 28-year-old married woman with two children who is brain dead from a car accident. Without her written consent, authorization to donate her kidneys will be sought from:

In the United States in recent years, .

Distinguish carefully between a living will and a durable power of attorney in health care matters. Make plain what each of these can do, and what it cannot do. Offer a thoughtful reason to prefer one of these documents over the other.

Compare and contrast "living organ donation" and "non-living organ donation." What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of each type of donation? How is consent to donate accomplished in each of these types of donation?

Describe what might typically be involved in estate planning.

State and explain the definition of death proposed by a presidential commission in 1981 and subsequently codified in the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA).

Which of the following is true in relation to organ donation and transplantation in the U.S.?

The process of administering and executing the disposition of a dead person's estate is done through .

When a state's legislature and courts have not addressed a death-related matter, legal disputes turn for guidance to _________.

Discuss methods used for determination of death.