Understanding POLST-Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment

POLST-Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment-is a type of advanced directive that provides more detail and specificity than a DNR. Dr Gudin discusses the economic and societal issues of end of life care, and why the POLST program can be of value in promoting accurate communications between clinicians, patients and families regarding end of life preferences.

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Simple, if someone has an order, ANYWHERE, then DNR means DNR! If it's 10 years after the order was made or 10 minutes. If at some point in their lives they wanted, or made, a DNR, then leave them tf alone!