Advance directives

POLST is an approach to end-of-life planning based on conversations between patients, loved ones, and health care professionals designed to ensure that seriously ill or frail patients can choose the treatments they want or do not want and that their wishes are documented and honored.

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When you can’t make health decisions for yourself, this is the north star that guides your loved ones and doctors in the right direction.

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POLST is an approach to end-of-life planning based on conversations between patients, loved ones, and health care professionals designed to ensure that seriously ill or frail patients can choose the treatments they want or do not want and that their wishes are documented and honored.

WebMD answers basic questions about how a patient can control end-of-life decisions with advanced directives, living wills, and healthcare power of attorney.

It's a good idea for every adult over 18 to create an advance directive—a set of legal documents: a health care power of attorney and living will.