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How does a PAD differ from the generic advance directive for health? PDF Print E-mail

In some states, the generic advance directive limits the decisions that may be made about mental health care and may prohibit the general health care agent from making mental health treatment decisions.             

 
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The National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives is a collaboration between The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, funded by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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