Palliative Care - Health Directory, Long Term Care, Nursing

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Americans for Better Care for the Dying
Seeks to achieve substantive health care reform through improved policy, professional practice, and care reimbursement.

Center to Advance Palliative Care
Promotes wider access to palliative care in hospitals and health systems throughout the United States.

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.

End of Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC)
Training material and informational repository for physicians who educate about end of life (EOL) issues.

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.

Pain and Palliative Care Reporter
A public resource of general information on the legal aspects of pain management and end-of-life care in the United States.

Palliative Drugs
Provides independent information for health professionals about drugs usage in this specialty.

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.

Scranton-Temple Residency Program Palliative Care Website
offers links to hospice and palliative care resources for healthcare workers, patients, and families.

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.

Supportive Care of the Dying: A Coalition for Compassionate Care
Tools, resources, and a quarterly newsletter for health care professionals providing end-of-life care.

Texas Academy of Palliative Medicine
Developed for palliative care physicians in Texas, containing details of meetings and useful online resources.

THe EPEC Project (Education on Palliative and End-of-life-Care)
Offers continuing medical education conferences, distance learning, educational materials and consulting.

University of Alberta, Edmonton
training program that offers care services, clinical and local information, and links to resources.

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