Ethical and Practical Ways in Which MOELI (Medical Orders for End-of-Life Intervention) Advance the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program

We are pleased that Hickman et  al,1 some of whom have done much of the heavy-lifting throughout the development of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program, offered their appraisal of our MOELI.2 They question the value or feasibility of 7 of our 16 suggested changes; we hope that their silence on the remaining 9 means that they either agree with our suggestions, or at least see no major problems with their implementation. We are surprised by the tone of some of their objections, because all of our recommendations are consistent with the policies and guidelines of the National POLST Paradigm Task force (NPPTF) documents, and many of our suggestions directly implement its prescriptions.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - January 9, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Richard B. Stuart, Stephen Thielke Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research