The Quality of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions: A Pilot Study.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0059
Abstract: BACKGROUND Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms are used to document patient treatment preferences as medical orders. Prior research demonstrates that use of POLST alters medical treatments in a way that is consistent with… read more here.
Keywords: polst orders; quality; physician orders; treatment ... See more keywords
Maryland's Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Form Use: Reports of a Statewide Survey.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0440
Abstract: BACKGROUND Advance directives (ADs) and Physicians Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) orders perform different but complementary functions in documenting a patient's treatment preferences and translating them into actionable orders that change in keeping with the… read more here.
Keywords: treatment; form; orders life; molst orders ... See more keywords
Care preferences in physician orders for life sustaining treatment in California nursing homes
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DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17737
Abstract: Physician Orders for Life‐Sustaining Treatment (POLST) facilitates documentation and transition of patients' life‐sustaining treatment orders across care settings. Little is known about patient and facility factors related to care preferences within POLST across a large,… read more here.
Keywords: life sustaining; physician orders; orders life; sustaining treatment ... See more keywords