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Timing And Meaning Of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders In The Palliative Care Setting

September 24, 2014
Medicine
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A Conversation With LMM Founder Dr. Mary F. Mulcahy By Jo Cavallo for The ASCO Post Although a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order does not mean “do not treat,” that is how it is often interpreted, according to a study examining the level of care oncology inpatients at a tertiary care hospital received. The study found that the […]

April 11, 2014
Politics and Law, Society and Culture
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Seriously ill patients in Illinois may benefit from the new Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form, a medical order designed to travel with patients across care settings and direct doctors to provide or withhold lifesaving treatments. “POLST has swept the nation, and Chicago is right in the middle of it,” said Dr. Julie Goldstein, a clinical […]

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Timing And Meaning Of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders In The Palliative Care Setting

Illinois Prepares For New POLST Form