Having a POLST form on your fridge can improve your end-of-life and emergency care. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you ...

Many patients with advanced cancer receive aggressive treatment near the end of life. The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is an innovation that converts patient preferences ...

All but two states have specific language supporting unilateral clinician decision-making for initiating or maintaining life-sustaining treatment (LST). Requirements, justifications, and oversight ...

Dear Mr. Premack: I am the agent under my father’s medical power of attorney. He has Alzheimer’s and now, ironically, has terminal cancer. The doctors have been cooperative with implementing do not ...

End-of-life planning is an important step to take to help you prepare for your future. What is end-of-life planning? End-of-life planning is the process of thinking about and documenting what you’d ...

Cancer accounts for nearly 1 in 6 deaths globally, highlighting its significant impact on mortality rates. Supportive, palliative, and hospice care play crucial roles in managing stage 4 cancer, ...

Palliative care is a unique sector of medicine that treats patients with terminal diseases. Palliative care physicians have conversations with families to identify patient wishes, particularly when ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A bill to allow a patient advocate to withhold life-sustaining treatment for pregnant individuals has successfully passed the Michigan Senate. Under current state law, an ...