Physician's Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment: Helpful or a New Threat?

May 18, 2012 (National Catholic Registry) - A patient in a nursing home or hospital is increasingly likely to be asked to sign a form with a benign-sounding name: Physician's Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment.

A brightly colored document that is one page, printed on both sides, with boxes to be checked off regarding medical treatment - or the withholding of treatment - the Physician's Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (Polst), in an instrument for dealing with end-of-life decisions if the patient is incapacitated.
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