Risks of Using a POLST Form
By Timothy Scordato
Trusts and Estates,
November 2021
The Illinois Department of Health Uniform Practitioner Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form gives non-physicians the authority, without physician oversight, to enter medical orders that could effectually end a patient’s life.
Risks of Using a POLST Form
By Timothy Scordato
Elder Law,
June 2021
The Illinois Department of Health Uniform Practitioner Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form gives non-physicians the authority, without physician oversight, to enter medical orders that could effectually end a patient’s life.
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