Handout: Everyone Needs an Advance Directive! Not Everyone Needs a POLST!
The Advance Directive and Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatments (POLST) are both important tools for documenting your wishes for care. They are each designed to accomplish specific goals - it is important to understand who they are intended for and what they do!
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