Advance Directive Information
An advance directive is a document that expresses how you would want to be treated if you were seriously ill and unable to make decisions for yourself. It provides instructions about what you would want done or not done about life-sustaining treatment and other health care issues. You may order that your life be prolonged as long as possible. Or, you may order that your attending physician withhold or withdraw treatment that would only prolong the process of dying. Examples of advance directives include health care directives, living wills (called declarations in Montana), health care (medical) powers of attorney, and provider orders for life sustaining treatment (POLST).
POLST is the Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program in Montana. The POLST form helps assure that patient wishes to have or limit specific medical treatments are respected near the end of life by all providers. The POLST form (www.polst.mt.gov) is an official documentation of medical orders on a standardized form coupled with a promise by health care professionals to honor those wishes.
The Montana End-of-Life Registry electronically stores advance directives and allows registered health care providers and consumers access to them. The Attorney General's Office oversees registry filings, security and operations. Got https://app.mt.gov/registry/ for more information.
POLST is the Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program in Montana. The POLST form helps assure that patient wishes to have or limit specific medical treatments are respected near the end of life by all providers. The POLST form (www.polst.mt.gov) is an official documentation of medical orders on a standardized form coupled with a promise by health care professionals to honor those wishes.
The Montana End-of-Life Registry electronically stores advance directives and allows registered health care providers and consumers access to them. The Attorney General's Office oversees registry filings, security and operations. Got https://app.mt.gov/registry/ for more information.
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