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Pain Control and End-of-Life Care

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• American Academy of Pain Medicine
  Organization for physicians practicing the specialty of pain medicine in the United States.
• American Pain Foundation
  A patient information, education, and advocacy organization serving people with pain.
• American Pain Society
  A multidisciplinary educational and scientific organization dedicated to serving people in pain.
• The Center for Palliative Care Education
  An educational resource center and training program whose mission is to improve palliative care for people with HIV/AIDS by increasing the knowledge, skills, and comfort level of clinicians to provide such care.
• The Center for Palliative Care Education
  An educational resource center and training program whose mission is to improve palliative care for people with HIV/AIDS by increasing the knowledge, skills, and comfort level of clinicians to provide such care.
• End of Life / Palliative Education Resource Center
  Medical College of Wisconsin. Online resource center for healthcare professionals. Extensive library and links.
• Growth House: Hospice and Home Care
  Good source for general information on hospice and home care.
• Hospice Foundation of America
  A nonprofit organization that promotes hospice care and works to educate professionals and the families they serve in issues relating to caregiving, terminal illness, loss and bereavement.
• Hospice Net
  A site for patients, families, and caregivers, with information on hospice services, caregiving, bereavement, and talking with children.
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
  Information and resources for professionals and the public. Includes hospice locator feature.
• National Prison Hospice Association
  Promotes hospice care for terminally ill inmates.
• Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project that provides funding, direction, and technical assistance to innovative demonstration projects in end-of-life care settings and addressing particular challenges to existing models of hospice and palliative care.

General End-of-Life Resources

• Americans for Better Care of the Dying
  A nonprofit organization focused on social, professional, and policy reform aimed to improve the care system for patients with fatal illnesses.
• Center to Improve Care for the Dying
  Offers expert support to hospitals, nursing homes, health systems, hospices, and other organizations that serve individuals nearing the end of life
• Compassion and Choices
  Service, advocacy, and education organization dealing with pain, end-of-life choices, and patient empowerment. Previously Compassion in Dying and End-of-Life Choices.
• The End of Life
  Transcripts (text and audio) from NPR's special series on death and dying.
• End of Life Physician Education Resource Center
  Academic center at the Medical College of Wisconsin whose goal is to assist physician educators and others in locating high-quality, peer-reviewed training materials on end of life issues.
• EPEC Project: Education for Physicians in End-of-life Care
  Supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, EPEC is designed to educate all physicians on the essential clinical competencies required to provide high-quality end-of-life care.
• GriefNet
  Web site hosting email support groups for loss and grief issues.
• Growth House
  Provides information and technical and referral services for agencies working with death and dying issues.
• Guidelines for End of Life Care
  From the American College of Physicians.
• Innovations in End-of-Life Care
  An international, online forum and peer-reviewed journal for clinicians and other health care professionals.
• Project on Death in America
  Organization seeks to transform the culture of dying and bereavement through research, scholarship, and the arts. Sponsors faculty scholars and performing and fine artists.
• Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project that provides funding, direction, and technical assistance to innovative demonstration projects in end-of-life care settings and addressing particular challenges to existing models of hospice and palliative care.