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What should occur if the patient cannot give informed consent? If the patient is determined to be incapacitated/incompetent to make health care decisions, a surrogate decision maker must speak for her. There is a specific hierarchy of appropriate decision makers defined by state law (also see the DNR topic page).

The MOLST form is not for everyone. It is appropriate to use if you have an advanced illness, and you reach a point in your illness where your doctor would not be surprised if you died in the next year.

The primary differences between the MOLST form and a DNR are: MOLST covers a variety of end-of-life treatments. A DNR only gives instructions about CPR. The MOLST form can also be used in a community setting where the DNR is intended to be used as a directive in a hospital setting.

The MOLST form is a set of medical orders for patients with advanced illness who might die within 1-2 years; require long-term care services; or wish to avoid and/or receive specific life-sustaining treatments now.

If the patient is incompetent or otherwise cannot consent, the healthcare provider is legally bound to obtain informed consent from the incompetent patient's authorized representative, except in an emergency. This type of consent should be thoroughly documented in the healthcare record.

MOLST is intended for patients with serious health conditions who: Want to avoid or receive any or all life-sustaining treatment; Reside in a long-term care facility or require long-term care services; and/or. Might die within the next year.

MOLST and POLST are two acronyms defining medical orders. The MOLST is the Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment and the POLST is the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment.

A consent form 4 should be used when treatment decisions are being made in an adult patient's best interest due to the patient lacking capacity to make the decision themselves. Capacity means the ability to use and understand information to make a decision, and communicate any decision made.