Education of Health Professionals
Selected Internet Sites (Updated 10/5/12)
Education Resources for Professionals
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (1998). Peaceful Death: Recommended Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for End-of-Life Nursing Care
- End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)
- The Center for Palliative Care Education, University of Washington
- Education on Palliative and End-of-Life Care, The EPEC Project
- End of Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC)
- The Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care
- National Institutes of Nursing Research on the Science of Compassion Summit
Professional Organizations
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Professional Certification
- National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Pediatric Resources
Resources in Michigan
Other Resources
- Agenet
- American Association for Retired Persons
- Americans for Better Care of the Dying
- Ethical Wills, Preserving your Legacy of Values (Barry Baines)
- Griefnet: A Community of persons dealing with grief, loss and death
- Growth House Publishing
- Hospice Net
- National Cancer Institute Issues of End of Life
- National Family Caregivers Association and the National Alliance for Caregiving
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on Improving End-of-Life Care- December 6-8, 2004
- The Science of Compassion: Future Directions in End-of-Life and Palliative Care. August 10-12, 2011.
Advance Directives Sites
- American Bar Association - Consumer's Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
- My Voice-My Choice Your Advance Directives Information
- Five Wishes