The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) has just published a 35-page White Paper on POLST in the May issue of the Linacre Quarterly.
The CMA White Paper is titled “The POLST Paradigm and Form: Facts and Analysis.” It reviews the origin and stated goals of the POLST program, and analyzes a wide range of arguments favoring or opposing POLST. The White Paper also examines whether the POLST paradigm will provide real solutions to challenges faced by patients and families trying to make good decisions regarding end-of-life care.
Most notably, the CMA White Paper identifies some significant problems posed by POLST, and makes practical recommendations about how to promote decision-making for vulnerable patients that is medically and ethically sound, and consistent with the Catholic Church’s teachings on respect for human life.
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