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1 Timing of POLST Form Completion by Cause of Death
Dana M. Zive, MPH, Erik K. Fromme, MD, MCR, Terri A. Schmidt, MD, MS, Jennifer N.B. Cook, GCPH, Susan W. Tolle, MD  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  Volume 50, Issue 5, Pages (November 2015) DOI: /j.jpainsymman Copyright © 2015 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 2011 Oregon POLST form. POLST = physician orders for life-sustaining treatment. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman ) Copyright © 2015 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Interval to death from earliest registered POLST form received in two years before death. POLST = physician orders for life-sustaining treatment. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman ) Copyright © 2015 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Changes over time for registrants who submitted more than one form in the two years before death, N = 2004. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman ) Copyright © 2015 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions


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