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Apr 14, 2013
Tallahassee Democrat
PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday is National Healthcare Decisions Day. Florida leaders in medicine, nursing, hospitals, hospices, long-term care and the law are seeking a third step for proper planning for advance care. The Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form will allow doctors to complete a set of medical orders to ensure that your wishes are followed, even if you move from one site of care to another. Ken Brummel-Smith is the chair of the Department of Geriatrics at the FSU College of Medicine and Marshall Kapp is director of the Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law.