RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 POLST: An improvement over traditional advance directives
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 457
OP 464
DO 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11098
VO 79
IS 7
A1 Patricia A. Bomba
A1 Marian Kemp
A1 Judith S. Black
YR 2012
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/7/457.abstract
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.