End-of-Life Expert Susan Tolle on Rolling Out Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment

In a conversation for California Healthline, Susan Tolle of the Oregon Health & Science University discussed Oregon’s experience implementing Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment.

POLST is a brightly-colored form that allows people to specify the type of end-of-life care they desire.

Tolle said California has some significantly different issues it will deal with as POLST expands across the state, with so many different cultures, languages and views on death and dying (California Healthline, 10/27).

The complete transcript of this Special Report is available as a PDF.

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<h1>End-of-Life Expert Susan Tolle on Rolling Out Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment</h1>
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<p>In a conversation for <i>California Healthline</i>, Susan Tolle of the Oregon Health & Science University discussed Oregon’s experience implementing Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment.</p><p>POLST is a brightly-colored form that allows people to specify the type of end-of-life care they desire.</p><p>Tolle said California has some significantly different issues it will deal with as POLST expands across the state, with so many different cultures, languages and views on death and dying (<i>California Healthline</i>, 10/27).</p><p>The complete transcript of this Special Report is available as a <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/11/chlspecialreporttranscript110310.pdf">PDF</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/endoflife-expert-susan-tolle-on-rolling-out-physician-orders-for-lifesustaining-treatment/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/endoflife-expert-susan-tolle-on-rolling-out-physician-orders-for-lifesustaining-treatment/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/endoflife-expert-susan-tolle-on-rolling-out-physician-orders-for-lifesustaining-treatment/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20End-of-Life%20Expert%20Susan%20Tolle%20on%20Rolling%20Out%20Physician%20Orders%20for%20Life-Sustaining%20Treatment&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Fendoflife-expert-susan-tolle-on-rolling-out-physician-orders-for-lifesustaining-treatment%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/endoflife-expert-susan-tolle-on-rolling-out-physician-orders-for-lifesustaining-treatment/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/endoflife-expert-susan-tolle-on-rolling-out-physician-orders-for-lifesustaining-treatment/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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