Palliative Care

Articles

• "Easing the Suffering of Cancer Patients".  By Kathleen M. Foley.  The-Scientist.com.
• "Palliative Care Textbooks Come of Age"  Annals of Internal Medicine Medical Writings.

Organizations

• Compassion and Support.  ""Individuals facing serious life-threatening illness and approaching death deserve to be treated with dignity, respect and compassion and to receive care that is focused on the individual's goals for care. Families need and deserve to receive support. To achieve their goals, individuals need to plan ahead, know their choices, make sound decisions and share their wishes with their loved ones and health care professionals. This Web site aims to educate and empower patients, families, health care and other professionals to accomplish this goal."  (New 1/08)
• The National Hospice Foundation (NHF).  "The National Hospice Foundation (NHF),...was created in 1992 to broaden America's understanding of hospice through research and education. Its mission is to expand America's vision for end of life care.
  
  In doing so, it engages and informs the public about the quality end-of-life care that hospice provides. NHF's founders set out to ensure that, at the end of life, people have the opportunity to:
  Maintain their dignity and self respect;
  • Live their final days pain-free
  • Have the involvement and support of loved ones
  • Access the highest quality care available through hospice.

Web sites

• The End of Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC).  "The End of Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC) is a central repository for educational materials and information about end of life (EOL) issues.
  
  The purpose of EPERC is to assist physician educators and others in locating high-quality, peer-reviewed training materials. This Web site supports the identification and dissemination of information on EOL training materials, publications, conferences, and other opportunities."
   
• The University of Ottawa Institute of Palliative Care. Visit their Learning Center for in-depth information on dealing with specific topics.  Visit their downloads page to download documents dealing with palliative care.

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