News & Events

Our News & Journals section includes publications on the POLST Paradigm Initiative, our Newsletter, and POLST in the media. Please contact us to share articles or news from your community.  

See Events for upcoming and archived presentations about the POLST Paradigm Initiative.

News

NPR: "Why This Wisconsin City Is The Best Place To Die"

November 16, 2009

NPR's Joseph Shapiro visits to La Crosse, Wisconsin and explains in All Things Considered why Gundersen Lutheran is often used as a model for good end-of-life care.

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New Oregon POLST Registry Now Accepting Forms From Across the State

October 20, 2009

OHSU immediately able to receive POLST forms from patients, health care professionals and facilities. Read the OHSU Press Release. 

NOW on PBS: "Life Panel? Death Panel?"

October 9, 2009

NOW travels to Wisconsin to sit in on discussions about end-of-life planning.  

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2009 BlueWorks Award presented to New York's Community Conversations on Compassionate Care   

October, 2009

Community Conversations on Compassionate Care is a program developed by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield to help individuals over 18 years of age complete health care proxies and living wills.

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Washington Post

"The Unwitting Birthplace of the 'Death Panel' Myth"

September 4, 2009

By Alec MacGillis

Washington Post Staff Writer

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Journals

Journal of Palliative Medicine

"POLST Offers Next Stage in Honoring Patient Preferences"

Authors: Diane E. Meier, MD and Larry Beresford

2009, March; Volume 12, Number 4: 291-295

Journal of Palliative Medicine

"Use of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Paradigm Program in the Hospice Setting"

Authors: Susan E. Hickman, PhD, Christine A. Nelson, PhD, RN, Alvin H. Moss, MD, Bernard J. Hammes, PhD, Allison Terwilliger, MPH, RN, Ann Jackson, MBA, Susan W. Tolle, MD

2009, February; Volume 12, Number 2: 133-141

Caring for the Ages

"Hospitals, LTC Facilities Are Moving Toward Newer End-of-Life Strategies: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment orders are joined by default surrogate approach"

Author: Joyce Frieden

November, 2008; p. 5

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
"The POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Paradigm to Improve
End-of-Life Care: Potential State Legal Barriers to Implementation"
Authors: Susan E. Hickman, Charles P. Sabatino, Alvin H. Moss, and Jessica Wehrle Nester
2008, March; Volume 36: 119 - 140

Annals of Internal Medicine
"Caring for Organs or for Patients? Ethical Concerns about the Uniform Anatomical
Gift Act (2006)"
Authors: Michael A. DeVita, MD, and Arthur L. Caplan, PhD
2007, Dec; Volume 147. No. 12, 876-880

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Journal
"Having Your Say In End-Of-Life Care"
Author: Jennifer Bails
Fall 2007; Volume 3. No.4

Annals of Long Term Care
"The POLST Paradigm: Respecting the Wishes of Patients and Families"
Authors: Patrick M. Dunn, MD, Susan W. Tolle, MD, Alvin H. Moss, MD, Judith S. Black, MD, MHA
2007, Sept; Volume 15. No. 9, 33-40

Events

POLST: It Starts with a Conversation

The California POLST Education Program

Date: November 5-6, 2009

Time: 9:30am - 4:30pm (Nov 5)

8:30am - 3:30pm (Nov 6)

Location: Pasadena, California

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Archived News & Events

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