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What is

POLST

Physician

Orders for

Life

Sustaining

Treatment

Why POLSTSpecific medical orders

Honored by all healthcare workers

Single form documents exact patient

wishes

Improve end of life care

POLST vs Advance Directive

POLST Advanced Directive

Medical orders

Current state of health

More specific

Choice of treatment

Hypothetical conditions

More general

Contact Information for Ohio

Midwest Care Alliance

Jeff Lycan RN, MSNVice President of Mission Advocacy

Hospice of Dayton324 Wilmington Avenue

Dayton, OH 45420

Phone: 614-530-8854

jlycan@ohioshospice.org

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