A terminally ill male patient who is mentally competent declines palliative radiation for his inoperable brain tumor. The nurse knows that this patient is refusing treatment based on which of these legal standards?
The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The Patient Self Determination Act
The Patients’ Bill of Rights
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