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Palliative Care books catalog - Find Palliative Care books at amazon.com.
http://www.biores.org/amazon/index.php?kw=Palliative%20Care&id=books

Americans for Better Care for the Dying - Seeks to achieve substantive health care reform through improved policy, professional practice, and care reimbursement.
http://www.abcd-caring.org/

Before I Die - The online component to the PBS program " Before I Die: Medical Care and Personal Choices". The program explores the medical, ethical, and social issues surrounding end-of-life care in America today.
http://www.wnet.org/bid/

Center to Advance Palliative Care - Promotes wider access to palliative care in hospitals and health systems throughout the United States.
http://www.capc.org/

Centre for Bioethics - Journal of Palliative Care - A Canadian-based, peer-reviewed, international and interdisciplinary forum for practical, critical thought on palliative care and palliative medicine.
http://www.ircm.qc.ca/bioethique/english/publications/journal_of_palliative_care.html

Cochrane Pain, Palliative Care and Supportive Care Group - Information on this research review group, a member of the international Cochrane Collaboration, dedicated to providing systematic reviews of published evidence in the field of palliative care.
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/cochrane/

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.
http://www.dyingwell.com/

EPEC.net: Education for Physicians on End of Life Care - Offers details on conferences, products, resources and trainers.
http://www.epec.net/

End of Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC) - Training material and informational repository for physicians who educate about end of life (EOL) issues.
http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/

End-of-Life Care Eases Pain and Prepares Patient for Death - Article on palliative care.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1001710698.html

General Practice Notebook - Palliative care - Coverage of this medical speciality.
http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/MedwebPage.cfm?ID=1060438084

HELP: Helpful Essential Links to Palliative Care - A program undertaken by the University of Dundee to deal with pain, communication issues, distressing symptoms and care in the context of palliative care.
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/meded/help/

HMS Center for Palliative Care - Programs offered at Harvard Medical School for healthcare professionals. Located in Boston, Mass.
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/cdi/pallcare/

Innovations in End-of-Life Care - This on-line journal features peer-reviewed examples of promising practices in end-of-life care.
http://www.edc.org/lastacts/

Johns Hopkins Medicine: Palliative Care - FAQs about palliative care.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/palliativecare.html

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.
http://www.living-lessons.org/

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Symptom Control and Palliative Care - A resource for clinical information, education, research and academic training in palliative care.
http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/palliative/

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.
http://www.painlaw.org/

Palliative Care Corner - A forum to introduce both common and new palliative management strategies for physical symptoms.
http://www.painconsult.com/Pcc.htm

Palliative Care for Children - American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement offers advice on the development of a pediatric palliative care plan.
http://www.aap.org/policy/re0007.html

Palliative Care - Patient resources, forums, a newsletter and professional resources are offered.
http://www.growthhouse.org/palliat.html

Palliative Drugs - Provides independent information for health professionals about drugs usage in this specialty.
http://www.palliativedrugs.org/

Palliative care for elderly seniors with Alzheimers disease at Fedelta Homecare - Seattle Senior Citizen Care Resource Management Center - Fedelta Home Care specializing in long term palliative care for elderly seniors with alzheimers disease.
http://www.fedeltahomecare.com/

Pioneer Programs in Palliative Care: Nine Case Studies - In this report clinicians at nine hospitals describe the establishment of formal programs of palliative care.
http://www.milbank.org/pppc/0011pppc.html

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.
http://www.promotingexcellence.org/

Saint Joseph's Hospital - PalliativeProgram - Information about palliative care and this multidisciplinary team of palliative care providers.
http://www.stjosephs-marshfield.org/palliative_care/

StopPain.org: Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care - Offers information, resources on pain management, palliative care and ethical/legal issues.
http://www.stoppain.org/palliative_care/

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.
http://www.suerydercare.org

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.
http://www.careofdying.org/

The Aid in Dying Communication Project - Provides on-line educational materials and consulting services to help physicians and other health professionals improve their communication and assessment skills when working with patients who request aid-in-dying, assisted suicide, or other types of hastened death.
http://www.aidindying.com/

The Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care - A center located at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital answers questions about palliative care.
http://www.mtsinai.on.ca/palliativecare/

VA Faculty Leader Project - The development of a benchmark curricula for end-of-life and palliative care for training resident physicians from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
http://www.va.gov/oaa/flp/