The Consistency Between Treatments Provided to Nursing Facility Residents and Orders on the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Form

OBJECTIVES: The POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) program is designed to ensure patients’ treatment preferences are honored by documenting preferences as medical orders. The goal of this study was to evaluate the consistency between treatments provided and POLST orders. DESIGN:...

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Main Authors: Hickman, Susan E., Nelson, Christine A., Moss, Alvin H., Tolle, Susan W., Perrin, Nancy A., Hammes, Bernard J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228414/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22092007
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03656.x
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