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The Patient Self-Determination Act is passed.

Date: 1991

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The act lays out concrete guidelines for honoring patients' self-determination within healthcare settings. It outlines how patients should receive instructions about their care, and calls for the use of advance directives, free living wills, and power of attorney for organ transplants.