LifeTree: “POLST” is short for “Physician’s Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment.” It is a so-called “advance care planning” document; a page or two of medical instructions designed to follow a patient from one setting to another. In Oregon the form is still called POLST, but in other states it has taken on a variety of names such as POST, MOLST, or MOST. It was devised for sick and elderly people, and lists treatments they might wish to forgo. Any patient in a nursing home or a patient with an “advanced illness” would qualify.
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