Most other U.S. states have similar initiatives, such as Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment. In New York state, the MOLST form is a New York State Department of Health form (DOH-5003). MOLST is for patients such as a terminally ill patient, whether or not treatment is provided.
Scale is most often used in architectural sketches, paintings, drawings and other artistic mediums. Artists create scales for drawings to correctly show the size relationship between objects. For example, an artist may decide that 1 inch is equivalent to 10 feet.
Scale (model), physical representation of an object. Scale (map), the ratio of the distance on a map to the corresponding actual distance. Scale (ratio), the ratio of the linear dimension of the model to the same dimension of the original. Scale (measuring), an instrument used to measure weight. Scale (music), a sequence of ordered musical notes.