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Comparison of Advance Directives and Physician Orders for

Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

 

DETAILS
ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
POLST

For whom:

For all adults

For persons with advanced illness

 

Purpose:

  • To express values
  • To appoint a surrogate

 

Medical orders which turn a patient's values into action

 

Guide actions by Emergency Medical Personnel:

 

NO

 

YES

 

Guide treatment decisions in the hospital:

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

 

 
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