Florida Public Health Review
Publication Date
November 2011
Abstract
Florida has one ofthe largest and most rapidly growing elderly populations in the nation. Although advances in medicine are allowing physicians to extend the lives of elderly patients, advances must simultaneously be made in the end-of-life care arena to ensure that the comfort and quality of life of elderly patients is maintained. This paper argues that use of a Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form in Florida would be effective in increasing the accuracy oftranslating patients’ end-of-life wishes into treatment orders, in ensuring the consistency of treatment across settings, and in improving health care provider compliance with patient preferences. It will be demonstrated that present concerns in Florida are essentially the same as those which previously existed in other states that have successfully implemented POLST programs.
Recommended Citation
Spillers, Sarah Catherine and Lamb, Brittany
(2011)
"Is the POLST Model Desirable for Florida?,"
Florida Public Health Review: Vol. 8, Article 15.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/fphr/vol8/iss1/15
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