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Sabatino, Charles P. “The Evolution of Health Care Advance Planning Law and Policy.” //The Milbank Quarterly// 88.2 (2010): 211–239. Advanced directives in healthcare, such as the living will, are commonly being used as legal tools of communicating an individual’s medical wishes when it comes to end-of-life care. These directives are aimed at describing the healthcare goals of an individual, or appointing an individual who will make the final decision in case of incapacitation. Charles P Sabatino introduces the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST), which is a planning tool for advanced care that analyzes the current medical decisions of the patient, and how they could affect him in the future (Sabatino 229). The author argues that POLST is closely similar to out of hospital DNS orders although it is not limited to a specific decision associated with resuscitation. It is important to note that POLST does not presume that medical personnel should withhold any form of medical intervention.

Gregory Bouie