But soon New Jersey residents will be able to access an online form via a secure website and mobile devices. The electronic POLST initiative, developed jointly by the New Jersey Department of ...

No topic is a less likely conversation-starter than our eventual deaths. Still, there is a lot to talk about. When polled, about 90 percent of people presented with end-of-life scenarios prefer ...

These two forms specify your wishes about end-of-life medical treatment and empower someone else to speak for you if you are unable to speak for yourself. End-of-life-planning resources POLST ...

Filling out a POLST form is entirely voluntary, however, effective July 1, 2013, New Jersey law requires that medical orders contained in a POLST be followed by healthcare professionals and ...

Oregon's end-of-life medical directive form, or POLST form, will no longer include the option of having a feeding tube. Feeding tubes are surgically inserted through the abdomen wall and deliver food.

Oregon doctors developed the POLST form -- -- in the 1990s to address shortcomings of other advance directives, such as living wills or notes in medical charts. Very ill or elderly people create ...

But DPHHS modified the form used at Spratt, apparently for years, by adding a nonstandard question that allowed patients to opt out of receiving antibiotics. The standard POLST form used in ...

Many patients with advanced cancer receive aggressive treatment near the end of life. The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is an innovation that converts patient preferences ...