PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Patricia A. Bomba AU - Marian Kemp AU - Judith S. Black TI - POLST: An improvement over traditional advance directives AID - 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11098 DP - 2012 Jul 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 457--464 VI - 79 IP - 7 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/7/457.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/7/457.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2012 Jul 01; 79 AB - Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is a process that translates a patient’s goals for care at the end of life into medical orders that follow the patient across care settings. POLST overcomes the limitations of traditional advance directives. It enables physicians and other health care professionals, through a conversation with a patient or surrogate, to assess and convey the wishes of patients with serious life-limiting illness who may have a life expectancy of less than 1 year, or of anyone of advanced age interested in defining his or her wishes for end-of-life care.