Patient Self Determination Act The key points to Patient Self Determination Act is to inform a patient of their certain rights, participate in their own healthcare decisions, the right to accept or refuse medical or surgical treatment, prepare in advance directive, and lastly the provider's policies that govern utilization of these rights. Informing a patient of their rights is after they have been informed of their diagnosis, prognosis, and variety of treatments. To meet the patient's preferences and needs. When a patient is given the opportunity to make their own healthcare decisions this is meant by what they want to do with treatment and care. Whether moving forward with one of many medical treatment options they think is suitable for themselves. A patient can deny treatment or care due to personal beliefs or values, out of fear, their concerns of financial. Or a patient will be willing to move forward with treatment and hope for the best outcome. Patients have the opportunity to sign paperwork for DO NOT RESUSCITATE, POWER OF ATTORNEY, HEALTH CARE PROXY, and ORGAN DONOR. In which it is to advance directly if anything happens that wasn't part of the medical or surgical treatment. Lastly, the provider's policy is based on how they can share a patient's health information and to whom they can share it with. There is a limit to what a provider can share