Confusion on Cause Elderly Patients to Receive More Emergency Care

BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 28 -- The State University of New York's Buffalo campus issued the following news release:

In recent years, Physicians' Orders for Life Sustaining Treatments (POLST) forms have been seen as an important way to honor the end-of-life wishes of frail elderly or terminally ill patients who cannot speak for themselves.

But while the goal of filling out POLST forms is to let providers know patients' preferences regarding life-sustaining treatments, th . . .

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