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PBHE215 ASSIGNMENT PBHE215 The Legal and Ethical Aspects Associated with Consent and the Definitions of Living Wills Advance Medical Directives, Surrogate Decisions Making, Ordinary Care, and Extraordinary Care. American Military University PBHE215 The Legal and Ethical Aspects Associated with Consent and the Definitions of Living Wills Advance Medical Directives, Surrogate Decisions Making, Ordinary Care, and Extraordinary Care. Introduction Both the administrative and clinical practitioners in the healthcare industry have a legal and ethical responsibility to their patients and their community regarding consent. While the reasons differ between the ethical and legal responsibility for consent the point of the matter is that consent, nay informed consent is the goal between every patient encounter. Often there are times when a patient cannot consent to treatment either life-saving or life-sustaining.