Feeding tubes shouldn't be on POLST forms: JAGS opinion paper

(Oregon Health & Science University) Following years of research that demonstrated feeding tubes can harm patients with dementia, the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has published an OHSU opinion paper recommending patient preference for feeding tubes be excluded from Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or POLST, forms. The paper was published after Oregon became the first state to remove the feeding tube section from its POLST form Jan. 2, 2019.

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