See a demonstration of the POLST conversation between a physician and patient to learn how physicians elicit detailed answers from patients about their end-of-life treatment choices for recording on the POLST form. This conversation is the key to making the POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments) program work for patients and their healthcare providers. (#18360)

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