More POLST forms are being completed in nursing homes, but is this meaningful? - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 2022 Jul;70(7):1950-1953.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.17904. Epub 2022 Jun 1.

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More POLST forms are being completed in nursing homes, but is this meaningful?

Kenneth Lam et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Jul.

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The California POLST form.

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