Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Document

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the document known as Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) ?

• A) POLST involves a health-care professional and a patient or surrogate conferring to determine and state the wishes of the patient.
• B) POLST comes into effect after a patient who signed the document passes away.
• C) POLST is accepted in all 50 states in the United States.
• D) POLST was initiated many years ago and hence it is not as specific as some of the recent advance directives.

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Definitions:

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A specific piece of data, often numerical, representing the magnitude, quantity, or importance of a variable or parameter in a process or calculation.

Source

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Destination

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Stored Value

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