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Back to Module 15: Legal Issues Table of Contents Law and Ethics United States Law Resolving Difficult Cases: Role of Law and Ethics Informed Consent Importance Ethics Procedures Treatment Limitation Deciding for the Patient without Decision-Making Capacity: Legal Devices Determining and Declaring Decision-Making Incapacity Decisions for the Incapacitated: Two Criteria Used by Courts to Decide Life-Sustaining Treatment Guardianship Advance Directives Surrogate Decision-Making Appropriate Use of Opioids in End of Life Care Physician Assisted Suicide: A Matter of State Law Futility: Lack of Consensus Confidentiality Role of Professional and Institutional Counsel >continue