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• Advance Directives at UMHS - Overview

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• Do-Not-Resuscitate Declaration - What is it?

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• Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care - sample form
  
  
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• Living Will - sample form

• Notice of UMHS Privacy Practices

• Patient Rights & Responsibilities

• Temporary Delegation Of Parental Rights Form (for consent to medical treatment for your child) (PDF)

• University of Michigan Health System - Authorization to Release Patient Information (PDF)

• University of Michigan Health System - Quality and Safety Every Day

Other Resources

A Guide to Legal Issues in Life-Limiting Conditions (PDF)— an overview of the key legal and practical issues that arise in the care of individuals who face a life-limiting condition or who care for a loved one with a life-limiting condition. American Health Lawyers Association, October 2005

NOTE: The Guide to Legal Issues in Life-Limiting Conditions has now been summarized into six, easy to read one-pagers that will provide a general overview of the issues covered in each chapter of the Guidebook.

• We All Need to Plan for the Future (PDF)

• Choosing an Independent Living Arrangement (PDF)

• Long Term Care Options (PDF)

• Choosing a Long Term Care Facility (PDF)

• Settling Into a Long Term Care Facility (PDF)

• Care and Comfort at the End of Life (PDF)

HIV Testing and Consent form (from Michigan Department of Community Health) (PDF)

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