| Literature DB >> 24846321 |
Christian Brugger1, Louis C Breschi2, Edith Mary Hart3, Mark Kummer4, John I Lane5, Peter T Morrow6, Franklin L Smith7, William L Toffler8, Marisa Beffel9, John F Brehany10, Sara Buscher11, Rita L Marker12.
Abstract
This white paper, prepared by a working group of the Catholic Medical Association, provides a commentary on a new type of end-of-life document called a POLST form (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) as well as on its model (or "paradigm") for implementation across the United States. After an introductory section reviewing the origin, goals, and standard defenses of the POLST paradigm and form, the paper offers a critical analysis of POLST, including an analysis of the risks that POLST poses to sound clinical and ethical decision-making. The paper ends with several recommendations to help Catholic healthcare professionals and institutions better address the challenges of end-of-life care with alternatives to POLST.Keywords: Advance decision-making; Advance directive; Catholic health care; End of life care; Euthanasia; In-the-moment-of-need medical decision-making; Living will; POLST
Year: 2013 PMID： 24846321 PMCID： PMC6026997 DOI： 10.1179/0024363913Z.00000000027
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Linacre Q ISSN： 0024-3639