Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) July 2013

On March 15, 2013 the Illinois Department of Public Health announced the release of a newly updated Uniform Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Advance Directive form that offers Illinoisans more advance directive health care treatment options and also meets national requirements to be considered a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form. Moving foward, this is the form that should be used when helping families consider CPR and additional care options.

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