Oregon program aimed at helping patients with advanced illness

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

An Oregon-pioneered program aimed at improving health care for those with advanced illness is now receiving national attention. AARP recently released a report about the Physicians Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or POLST, program. The program was created to honor the treatment wishes of patients with advanced progressive illness or frailty.

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