Americans for Better Care for the Dying - Seeks to achieve substantive health care reform through improved policy, professional practice, and care reimbursement.
Before I Die - The online component to the PBS program " Before I Die: Medical Care and Personal Choices". The program explores the medical, ethical, and social issues surrounding end-of-life care in America today.
Center to Advance Palliative Care - Promotes wider access to palliative care in hospitals and health systems throughout the United States.
Centre for Bioethics - Journal of Palliative Care - A Canadian-based, peer-reviewed, international and interdisciplinary forum for practical, critical thought on palliative care and palliative medicine.
Cochrane Pain, Palliative Care and Supportive Care Group - Information on this research review group, a member of the international Cochrane Collaboration, dedicated to providing systematic reviews of published evidence in the field of palliative care.
Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care - Consumer and professional health education on the treatment of chronic pain as well as on comfort or palliative care for those with long-term illness. Beth Israel Medical Center, New York.
Dying Well - The president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Dr. Ira Byock, provides excerpts from his book about resources for patients and families facing life-limiting illness.
HMS Center for Palliative Care - Programs offered at Harvard Medical School for healthcare professionals. Located in Boston, Mass.
Innovations in End-of-Life Care - This on-line journal features peer-reviewed examples of promising practices in end-of-life care.
Living Lessons(TM) - A national initiative to increase awareness of hospice palliative care and services in Canada. The campaign is presented in partnership with the Canadian Palliative Care Association and The Glaxo Wellcome Foundation.
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care - US organization dedicated to improving healthcare for dying persons and their families through demonstration projects addressing particular challenges to existing models of hospice and palliative care.
Sue Ryder Care - UK palliative care charity with seven hospices, which provide pain control, respite care and day care for people with serious and terminal conditions.
Texas Academy of Palliative Medicine - Developed for palliative care physicians in Texas, containing details of meetings and useful online resources.
VA Faculty Leader Project - The development of a benchmark curricula for end-of-life and palliative care for training resident physicians from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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