Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2019
Keywords
Advance directive, POLST, Advance Health Care Directive
Abstract
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!
Recommended Citation
Northwest Life Passages Coalition, "Handout: Everyone Needs an Advance Directive! Not Everyone Needs a POLST!" (2019). Northwest Life Passages Coalition Documents. 13.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/nlpc_docs/13
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Advance directives (Medical care)--Washington (State)--Whatcom County; Health planning--Washington (State)--Whatcom County
Geographic Coverage
Whatcom County (Wash.)
Genre/Form
reports
Type
Text
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Rights Statement
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Language
English
Format
application/pdf