Jul 24, 2010
Medical News Today
Florida State University Center: Critically ill patients' wishes should be doctor's orders
PRESS RELEASE
The Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law at the College of Medicine is currently at work coordinating efforts across Florida to promote the POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) paradigm, a program that is intended to ensure that a patient's wishes regarding life-sustaining treatments are known, communicated and honored across all health care settings.