Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007
A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title III of the Public Health Service Act to improve access to information about individuals' health care options and legal rights for care near the end of life, to promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so that individuals' wishes are known should they become unable to speak for themselves, to engage health care providers in disseminating information about and assisting in the preparation of advance directives, which include living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care, and for other purposes.
previous 110th session of congress Other Bill Titles (2 more) 1/31/2007--Introduced.
Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare coverage of end-of-life planning and consultations as part of an initial preventive physical examination. Requires a ... more
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| Introduced | ![]() | Voted on by Senate | ![]() | Voted on by House | ![]() | Considered By President | ![]() | Bill Becomes Law |
| January 31, 2007 |
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November 17, 2008 H-Net Reviews
Nach seiner Ansicht wird durch den Milieuansatz âder Anfangs- und der Endpunkt einer bestimmten Form von katholischer Vergesellschaftung prägnant erkennbarâ (S. 465). Auf das Seraphische Liebeswerk bezogen, lassen sich so die ...
November 15, 2008 H-Net Reviews
Nach seiner Ansicht wird durch den Milieuansatz âder Anfangs- und der Endpunkt einer bestimmten Form von katholischer Vergesellschaftung prägnant erkennbarâ (S. 465). Auf das Seraphische Liebeswerk bezogen, lassen sich so die ...
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November 11, 2008 Rez. NG: A. Henkelmann: Caritasgeschichte - H-Soz-u-Kult ...
In den fünfziger Jahren habe sich eine Theologie durchgesetzt, der es gelungen sei, die âbeiden bislang konträr gedachten Pole Kirche und Welt zusammenzubringenâ (S. 465). Da dieser Denkansatz im Zweiten Vatikanum zur amtskirchlichen ...
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