Posts Tagged ‘physicians orders’

New Efforts to Simplify End-of-Life Care Wishes

A Wall Street Journal Online  article discussing end-of-life planning through advanced directives and an increasingly powerful tool of “Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment” or POLST, that are meant to compliment advanced directives. The orders have been adopted in 14 states and similar programs are developing in another 16, and allow for greater control over decisions.

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