Topic Resources

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

Government Information Agencies

National Guideline Clearinghouse/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (1999). Evidence-based protocol: Advance directives. Retrieved June 14, 2004

National Guideline Clearinghouse/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2003). Advance directives: Protecting patient's rights. Retrieved June 14, 2004

The Department of Health (DOH) Office of Emergency Medical Services & Trauma System (OEMSTS) in conjunction with the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA). (Last update Nov 19, 2003). Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST). The revised POLST form is an accepted advance directive in a growing number of states. It contains the patient's wishes for resuscitation, medical interventions, antibiotics, and artificial feedings. Retrieved June 14, 2004 from

http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/emtp/resuscitation.htm

United States Department of Health and Human Services: Aging

Last updated - January 2005