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.
5. the proportion that a representation of an object bears to the object itself: a model on a scale of one inch to one foot. 6. relative size or extent: planning done on a grand scale. 7. a succession of tones ascending or descending according to fixed intervals.