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Advocacy
Partnership
for Caring: America's Voices for the Dying
A national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing the demand
for excellent care at the end of life.
http://www.partnershipforcaring.org/
San
Francisco Medical Society
Advocates for the interests of San Francisco physicians and their patients
in the interest of public health.
http://www.sfms.org/
End-of-Life
Care
California
Coalition for Compassionate Care
Listing of local, community-based coalitions organized around end-of-life
issues.
http://www.finalchoices.calhealth.org/04community_coalitions.htm
Compassion
in Dying of Northern California
A non-profit organization that provides information, counseling, and emotional
support to terminally ill patients.
http://www.compassionindying.org/nca/nca.html
Education
for Physicians on End-of-life Care
Information for physicians about the essential clinical competencies required
to provide quality end-of-life care. Includes a curriculum, speakers list,
and resource guide.
http://www.epec.net/
Innovations
in End-of-Life Care
International journal and online forum of leaders in end-of-life care.
http://www2.edc.org/lastacts/index.asp
Last
Acts
A national coalition to improve care and caring near the end of life.
http://www.ilcusa.org/who/mission.htm
Promoting
Excellence in End-of-Life Care
Dedicated to long-term changes to improve health care for dying persons
and their families.
http://www.promotingexcellence.org/
Ethics
American
Society for Bioethics and Humanities
http://www.asbh.org/links/
American
Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
"Where multidisciplinary education tempers practice."
http://www.aslme.org/
Bioethics
Information Retrieval Project
Kennedy Institute of Ethics - Georgetown University http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/ir/bioline.htm
Biomedical
Ethics, Stanford University Center for
http://scbe.stanford.edu/
Bioethics
Resources on the Web, National Institutes of Health
Bioethics resources, including education, research involving human participants
and animals, medical and health care ethics, and the implications of applied
genetics and biotechnology.
http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/
Hastings
Center, The
Explores fundamental ethical questions in medicine and biology within
a broad intellectual and social context.
http://www.thehastingscenter.org/
The
Johns Hopkins University Bioethics Institute http://www.med.jhu.edu/bioethics_institute/
Journal
of Medical Ethics Online
Includes good list of resources.
http://jme.bmjjournals.com/
Midwest
Bioethics Center
http://www.midbio.org/
General
Resources
Cancer
Center at Michigan State University
http://www.cancercenter.msu.edu
Commonweal's
Institute for the Study of Health and Illness
Provides continuing medical education (CME) workshops for physicians on
relationship-centered care.
http://www.commonweal.org/ishi.html
Completing
a Life
Resources for people living with advanced illness. http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/completingalife/
End
of Life: Exploring Death in America
National Public Radio series on death and dying in the U.S. http://www.npr.org/programs/death
GriefNet
Bookstore and Bibliography: Professional Resources http://griefnet.org/library/biblio/professional.html
Growth
House, Inc.
International gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end-of-life
care http://www.growthhouse.org/
In
the Mix: Dealing with Death
Award-winning PBS series talks to teens about how young people grapple
with death.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows/show_death.html
International
Longevity Center
Research and education addressing longevity and population aging, with
a focus on highlighting older people's contributions to society.
http://www.ilcusa.org/who/mission.htm
Missoula
Demonstration Project
Community-based research and public engagement to foster improvement in
how people experience dying, caregiving, and death.
http://www.missoulademonstration.org/
"On
Our Own Terms"
Bill Moyers explores dying in America
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/
Project
on Death in America: Transforming the Culture of Dying
Working to understand and transform the culture and experience of dying
and bereavement through initiatives in research, scholarship, the humanities,
and the arts, and to foster innovations in the provision of care, public
education, professional education, and public policy.
http://www.soros.org/death/index.htm
Hospice
& Palliative Care
American
Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
For physicians dedicated to the advancement of hospice/palliative medicine.
http://www.aahpm.org/
American
Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Promotes excellence in the care of all patients with advanced, progressive
illness through the development of standards of training and practice
in palliative medicine. http://www.abhpm.org/
American
Hospice Foundation
Supports programs that serve the needs of terminally ill and grieving
individuals of all ages. Includes good list of resources.
http://www.americanhospice.org/
California
Hospice and Palliative Care Association
Advocates for those facing life-threatening illnesses. Includes good list
of resources.
http://www.calhospice.org/
Center
to Advance Palliative Care
Resource for hospitals and other healthcare settings interested in developing
palliative care programs.
http://www.capcmssm.org/
Hospice
Association of America
Information about hospice, including consumer guides, fact sheets, and
historical perspectives.
http://www.nahc.org/HAA/home.html
Hospice
Cares Online Community
http://hospicecares.org/oc_home.html
Hospice
Foundation of America
Promotes hospice care and works to educate professionals and families
in issues related to caregiving, terminal illness, loss and bereavement.
http://www.hospicefoundation.org/
National
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
http://www.nhpco.org/
Sutter
VNA and Hospice
One of the largest not-for-profit home care and hospice agencies in Northern
California.
http://www.suttervnaandhospice.org/
Medical
Humanities
Department
of Medical Humanities, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
http://www.ecu.edu/medhum/
Division
of Medical Humanities, University of Rochester, NY
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/medhum/
Institute
for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston,
TX
http://snapper.utmb.edu/imh/
Medical
Ethics & Humanities Center, Duke University
Promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in medical ethics and
the medical humanities. Includes good list of resources.
http://csmeh.mc.duke.edu/
Medical
Humanities
Information index on medicine and humanities
http://mchip00.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/medhum.html
Medical
Humanities Resource Database, University College London
Educational resources for those interested in using the arts and humanities
in medical education and research.
http://www.mhrd.ucl.ac.uk/
Pain
Management
American
Pain Foundation
Online resource center for people with pain.
http://www.painfoundation.org
American
Pain Society
Multidisciplinary educational and scientific organization dedicated to
serving people in pain.
http://www.ampainsoc.org/
Cancer-Pain.org
Resources for patients and caregivers.
http://www.cancer-pain.org/
International
Association for the Study of Pain
Dedicated to furthering research on pain and improving the care of patients
in pain.
http://www.iasp-pain.org/
Pain
and Policy Studies Group
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy/
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