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- American Academy of Hospice
and Palliative Medicine An international organization of physicians
dedicated to the advancement of hospice and palliative medicine
in the management of the terminally ill.
- American Alliance of Cancer Pain
Initiatives The Cancer Pain Initiatives, started 10 years
ago and now in various stages of development in all 50 states,
have become a significant force for change in the way cancer pain
is managed in the American health care system.
- ABCD- Americans for Better
Care of the Dying A coalition of citizens and professionals
dedicated to social, professional, and policy reform aimed at
improving the care system for seriously ill patients and their
families.
- American Pain Society A multidisciplinary educational and scientific organization serving
people in pain by advancing research, education, treatment, and
professional practice.
- Approaching
Death: Improving Care at the End of Life This Institute of
Medicine report, addressed to health professionals and managers,
researchers, policymakers, funders of health care, journalists,
and the general public, argues that consistently good and compassionate
care at the end of life is an attainable and urgent goal.
- Before I Die This website was created to accompany "Before I Die," a one-hour
television special presented by Fred Friendly Seminars and Thirteen/WNET
in New York. A transcript and information for ordering a videotape
are available on this site.
- Center to Improve Care
of the Dying The Center to Improve Care of the Dying is a
unique, interdisciplinary team of committed individuals engaged
in research, public advocacy, and education activities to improve
the care of the dying and their families.
- Death:
A Salon Special Issue This special double issue of the Internet
magazine Salon explores death from many different points of view.
- The End of Life:
Exploring Death in America National Public Radio's transcripts
of programs in its ongoing series about death and dying in America
are available on the website along with a resource guide and personal
stories posted by visitors to the site. Also available are selections
from novels and short stories, poems, religious rituals, clinical
research, scripts for plays and television and radio programs.
- Family Caregiver Alliance Free online help for caregivers featuring support groups, a resource
guide, and more for families coping with Alzheimer's disease,
stroke, Parkinson's, ALS, and other disorders.
- Growth House, Inc. An international gateway to resources about life-threatening illnesses
and end-of-life issues, including hospice and home care, palliative
care, pain management, death with dignity, and bereavement.
- Hospice Cares
- Innovations
in End-of-Life Care
- International
Association for the Study of Pain IASP is open to scientists,
physicians, dentists, psychologists, nurses, physical therapists,
and other health professionals actively engaged in pain research
and to those who have an interest in the treatment of pain.
- National Consensus Project for Palliative Care
- National Hospice Organization
- Project On Death in America PDIA's mission is 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.
- UW Pain and
Policy Studies Group The University of Wisconsin Pain and
Policy Studies Group focuses on identifying and addressing the
barriers to medical use of opioid analgesics (narcotic drugs),
which are essential to chronic pain management and palliative
care.
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