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Resources

Summer 2013

Select Resources on End-of-life Decisions and on POLST

"POLST: What It Is and What It Is Not," see www.polst.org.

"Religious Faiths and Cultural Heritages" at http://lhcqf.org/lapost-for-patients-a-families/resources/religiouscultural-information. This is a resource for patients and families on religious and cultural perspectives on end-of-life care.

Sabatino, Charles and Naomi Karp, "Improving Advanced Illness Care: The Evolution of State POLST Programs," Washington, DC: AARP Public Policy Institute, 2011. Available at http://www.aarp.org/ppi.

"The Final Journey: Information from the Catholic Bishops of Louisiana on End-of-Life Decisions," at http://lhcqf.org/page-flip/The-Final-Journey/.

 

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