Putting dying wishes in medical record helps them happen

The study was done in Oregon, one of two states with an end-of-life planning program called POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment). “POLST is not for everyone. Only patients with serious illness or frailty should have a POLST form,” the program’s website notes. But for those patients, “POLST records and honors wishes in a way that (medical professionals understand) and can ...



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