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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AAACE Palliative Care Education Section http://cancer-research.umaryland.edu/pc-web.htm The American Association for Cancer Education's Palliative Care Education section includes a Section summary from the AACE meetings.
ABHPM Palliative Medicine Fellowship Standards Review proposed American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship accreditation standards and submit your comments from this site.
ACCME - Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) is the agency that grants continuing medical education accreditation. The web site will give you the necessary information to make an informed decision about whether or not to pursue ac
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) ACGME is responsible for the accreditation of post-MD medical training programs within the United States. Accreditation is accomplished through a peer review process and is based upon established standards and guidelines. Site contains the Residency Revie
Administration on Aging Information for professionals includes diversity issues; links to sites related to elder care.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Government agency designed to perform research and report its results on various health care issues. Long-term care and the elderly are two of its focal points. Web site reports on various research topics and provides news releases on some of the findin
Aging with Dignity (Five Wishes) http://www.agingwithdignity.org The Aging with Dignity Web site contains the Five Wishes, a document that helps the aging express their final wishes and, unlike other living wills and advanced directives, sees to all of a person's needs: medical, personal, emotional, and spiritual.
Alzheimer's Association Site of the Alzheimer's Association offers a great deal of information and news.
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine An international organization of physicians dedicated to the advancement of hospice and palliative medicine in the management of the terminally ill
American Academy of Osteopathy http://www.academyofosteopathy.org/ The American Academy of Osteopathy is an individual membership osteopathic medical society
American Academy of Pain Management Has information for both professionals and consumers. It offers directories of accredited physicians and programs as well as articles on pain management. The national Pain Data Bank, which contains tools for assessment of various treatments, is included
American Academy on Physician and Patient http://www.physicianpatient.org The American Academy of Physician and Patient is a professional society dedicated to research, education and professional standards in doctor-patient communication. Its goal is no less than to change the practice of medicinen by helping doctors relate mo
American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives Organization that promotes nationwide cancer pain relief by supporting the efforts of state and regional voluntary, grassroots pain initiative organizations
American Association of Retired Persons Offers extensive, detailed, easy-to-understand information for consumers about many aspects of EoL care. Subjects range from coping with grief to finding an estate planner to funeral arrangements. Also offers member benefits such as personalized counsel
American Bar Association--Advance Directive Information http://www.abanet.org/aging/myths.html This ABA site contains downloadable files listing Power of Attorney
American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (ABHPM) The ABHPM Web site provides information about board certification for hospice and palliative medicine, and also provides eligibility requirements, testing dates, and registration information.
American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine Free End of Life Materials http://www.acponline.org/ethics/patienteducation.htm Under the auspices of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, a working group of physicians and patient advocates has developed a set of informational materials for patients nearing the end of life. Brochures are availab
American Geriatrics Society http://www.americangeriatrics.org The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is the premier professional organization of health care providers dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all older adults. With an active membership of over 6,000
American Hospice Foundation http://www.americanhospice.org The American Hospice Foundation is the voice of those who face life-limiting illness and significant loss. The foundation advances the hospice concept of care and promotes hospices that seek to meet growing and complex needs.
American Medical Association (AMA) Articles published in AMA publications, including JAMA, relating to palliative, hospice, and improving end of life care for patients, are available through the EPERC Search option.
American Medical Association's Continuing Medical Education Locator http://www.ama-assn.org/iwcf/iwcfmgr206/cme The AMA's CME Locator provides a quick and convenient way to access information on continuing medical education activities. The CME Locator is a database of over 2,000 AMA PRA Category 1 activities sponsored by CME providers accredited by the Accreditatio
American Medical Informatics Association Site of the American Medical Informatics Association which is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership organization of American Osteopathic Association Find news, resources, upcoming meetings plus information on Doctor of Osteopathy Credentialing and the AOA Women's Health Initiative.
American Osteopathic Association Colleges http://www.aoa-net.org/Students/colleges.htm Links to 19 American Osteopathic Association (AOA) accredited medical schools in the United States
American Pain Foundation The American Pain Foundation (APF) is a leading nonprofit, consumer-based organization serving people with pain. The healthcare professional or educator working in the area of pain management, often seek information and useful tools for communicating with
American Pain Society A multidisciplinary educational and scientific organization serving people in pain by advancing research, education, treatment, and professional practice
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities This professional society has a membership of more than 1,200 individuals, organizations, and institutions.
American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics The society's mission is to provide high-quality scholarship, debate, and critical thought to the community of professionals at the intersection of law, health care, policy, and ethics.
American Society on Aging Professionals throughout the country rely on the American Society on Aging to keep them on the cutting edge in an aging society. Through renowned educational programs, publications and information and training resources, ASA members tap into the knowledge
Annotated List of Online CME http://www.cmelist.com/list.htm An alphabetical listing of sites offering ACCME-accredited CME.
Annual Review of State Pain Policies http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy The University of Wisconsin's website provides unrestricted access to a user-friendly database that contains the full-text of all pain policies for each state, a criteria-based evaluation of those policies and other resource materials. This project was s
Association for Death Education and Counseling The Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) is a multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to improving the quality of death education and death-related counseling to and care-giving; to promoting the development and interchange of related t
Association for Medical Education This is one of the medical education associations in Europe that work to advance medical education research and practice: the Association for Medical Education in Europe published the journal & Medical Teacher.
Association for Surgical Education (ASE) http://www.surgicaleducation.com Promoting the art and science of education in surgery
Association for the Study of Medical Education in Europe This is one of the medical education associations in Europe that work to advance medical education research and practice: the Association for the Study of Medical Education publishes the journal, Medical Education.
BBarbara Ziegler Palliative Care Education Program
Before I Die - PBS Online BEFORE I DIE: MEDICAL CARE AND PERSONAL CHOICES premiered on April 22, 1997. The program explores the medical, ethical, and social issues surrounding end-of-life care in America today. This Web companion piece features original reporting (REAL LIFE STORIE
BioMed Central BioMed Central, a recently established online publishing house that is committed to making original research articles in biological and medical science freely available to all.
CCancer Education Grant Program -- National Cancer Institute http://cancertraining.nci.nih.gov The Cancer Education Grant (R25E) Program (CEGP) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a flexible, curriculum-driven program aimed at developing and sustaining innovative educational approaches that ultimately will have an impact on reducing cancer in
CANCER.GOV http://www.cancer.gov/researchfunding/announcements/symptommanagement This Web page offers opportunities for
CARING CONNECTIONS Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national consumer engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life, supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Provides a variety of free resources on topics including:
Center for Applied Ethics and Professional Practice Research and clinical practice activities focusing on improving clinical practice in bioethics, pain management, and end of life care
Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) CAPC exists to help institutions build clinical palliative care
Center to Improve Care of the Dying The Center to Improve Care of the Dying is a unique, interdisciplinary team of committed individuals engaged in research, public advocacy, and education activities to improve the care of the dying and their families.
Children's Hospice International Contains information about the movement to extend hospice services to children.
CHIP - Center for Health Information Preparedness With psychological aftershocks the most long-lasting
health effect of any disaster, the New York University
School of Medicine's Center for Health Information
Preparedness offers many resources for physicians. Chronic Pain Resource Center http://www.chronicpainsource.com The site provides access to interviews with experienced pain management professionals,
City of Hope Pain/Palliative Care Resource Center City of Hope Pain/Palliative Care Resource Center Nursing Research and Education Website. The purpose of the COHPPRC is to serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate information and resources that will enable other individuals and institutions to improve t
Clinical Management of Neuropathic Pain: A Problem-Based, Interactive Module http://www.stoppain.org/for_professionals/interactive_module/elearn.html This CME-accredited, innovative online learning environment uses state-of-the-art ClinicalTrials.gov The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies.<br><br>
Comparison of Online Course Delivery Software http://www.marshall.edu/it/cit/webct/compare/comparison.html Marshall University 's Web Course Tools program.
Comprehensive Care Team (CCT) website The Comprehensive Care Team (CCT) Project has just launched a website featuring artwork and stories about the end of life. The CCT is a demonstration project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's "Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care" Progra
Connecticut Hospice The Connecticut Hospice inaugurated hospice care in America in 1974 and continues to addresses physical,
Contemplative End of Life Care Program at Naropa University www.naropa.edu/cotemplativecare/ End-of-life care training that brings together the ancient wisdom of the Buddhist tradition as presented in Sogyal Rinpoche's The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying with the knowledge, skills and best practices of hospice and palliative care - presented by Rigpa's Spiritual Care Program and Naropa University's School of Extended Studies. CEUs for nurses, social workers and therapists are available. CMEs for physicians are also available.
Counseling for Loss and Life Changes http://www.counselingforloss.com Extensive offering of articles on grief and bereavement, FAQ's, discussion groups, memorials, weekly advice columns, and local and national resources. A separate section for children is also available.
Critical Care Primer for Patients and Their Families http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/cc/ccprimer/toc.html A new initiative of the Critical Care Assembly of the American Thoracic Society is to provide information about critical care and end-of-life issues for the general public. The first project designed to meet this goal is the Primer on Critical Care for Pa
Curriculum Guidelines for Family Practice Residents - End of Life Care http://www.aafp.org/eduguide.xml Provided by the American Academy of Physicians, these guidelines have been endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians and were developed in cooperation with the Association of Departments of Family Medicine, the Association of Family Practice R
DDavid Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages http://www.trauma-pages.com/index.htm Extensive resource with information on psychological trauma and its treatment. Includes numerous journal articles as well as research aids and links to trauma sites and other mental health sites. Some general bereavement and loss information is also ava
Death with Dignity National Center http://www.deathwithdignity.org Contains a variety of information including: state and federal legislative news on right-to-die and end-of-life issues, international news, a complete glossary and timeline for the right-to-die movement, reading lists with direct links to many journal articles.
DIRECTtextBOOK http://www.directtextbook.com/medical This is a book price comparison site that allows you to search for the best
Distance Education - Strategies and Tools and Distance Education - A Practical Guide This guide is one in a series developed by Barry Willis and the University of Idaho Engineering Outreach staff highlighting information detailed in Dr. Willis' books.
Distance Education Program http://www.hcs.gmcc.ab.ca/palliative/ The Palliative Care Post Diploma Certificate Program at Grant MacEwan Community College is designed to provide professional health caregivers the necessary knowledge and skills for coordinating and providing quality care for the terminally ill in either a
Diversity Rx Clearinghouse of information on how to meet the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees and other diverse populations seeking health care...including policy and legal issues. Diversity Rx is supported by: The National Conference
Do Your Proxy.ORG Thinking about end-of-life issues can be very difficult, filling out the forms should be easy. Our ultimate goal is to increase the number of people in New York State (and the rest of the country) who are thinking about end-of-life issues and to make it easier for people to legally document their wishes. From the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life http://www.iceol.duke.edu/index.pl The Institute on Care at the End of Life, located at the Duke University Divinity School, seeks to improve care at the end of life through interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching and outreach.
Dying Well Dr. Ira Byock, author of "Dying Well" and past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, provides resources including full-text articles, and a "What's New" section.
EEdmonton Palliative Care Program From the University of Alberta, Department of Oncology, extensive clinical information, patient materials, and a pilot Web-based training course, PallCare EdNet
Educating Future Physicians in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EFPPEC) This project/Web site is designed to bring palliative and end-of-life care education to all undergraduate medical students and clinical postgraduate trainees at Canada’s seventeen Medical Schools.
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) A federally funded nationwide information network designed to provide access to education literature. It represents the world's largest education database.
EDUCAUSE An international, nonprofit association whose mission
E-Learning Exchange http://www.epiclearning.com/exchange/elearning.asp The E-Learning Exchange is a central repository of information on e-learning, with links to articles, publications, associations, books, and live online seminars on e-learning.
eMedicine Nearly 10,000 physician authors and editors contribute to the eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base with coverage of 7,000 diseases and disorders. An online cme and evidence-based content resource; provides current practice guidelines in 62 medical specialtie
Emergency Medicine and Primary Care Home Page Providing educational resources for Emergency and Primary Care physicians and health care providers to enhance communication between physicians and to develop a medium that brings the benefits of computer technology to emergency and primary care physician
End of Life Nursing Education Consortium http://www.aacn.nche.edu/elnec/ The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project is a comprehensive, national
End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel - American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine http://www.acponline.org/ethics/papers.htm The American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM) is the nation's largest medical specialty society. Its mission is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism i
EPEC: Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care The EPEC Project is designed to educate physicians across the United States on the essential clinical competencies in end of life care by delivering topic specific modules in train-the-trainer workshops.
Ethics in Medicine - University of Washington School of Medicine http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/toc.html Excellent site for ethics educators-contains curriculum outlines for medical school and postgraduate physician education, content outlines, references, case discussions, and more
Ethics OSCE http://wings.buffalo.edu/bioethics/osce.html Standardized Patient Scenarios for Teaching and Evaluating Bioethics; from the University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics
Exam Item / Test Question Writing Manual http://www.nbme.org/about/itemwriting.asp The National Board of Medical Examiners' Test Item Writing Manual. This site provides instructions on how to download a free copy of the manual, written by Drs. Susan Case and David Swanson.
FFamily Care America, Inc. http://www.FamilycareAmerica.com Some 54 million Americans suffer from some sort of disability that prevents them from going about activities of daily life unaided. Some 50 million Americans, representing almost one out of every four households, care for them-often at the expense of thei
Fathom Fathom is an online learning resource site.
FindCE.com Professionals - Search for the ideal CE, CME, CNE, CDE, CPE, CEU or CLE, whether it be a seminar, conference, meeting, symposium, congress, convention, workshop, online or at-home study!
Foundation Center The mission of the Foundation Center is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting,
Free Medline Search http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query Search and access over 11 million references and abstracts via the National Library of Medicine
Froedtert & Medical College Palliative Care Program http://www.froedtert.com/medical/palliative_care/index.html The Froedtert website is geared largely toward the community (no education, ed. programs etc), our website is geared to health professionals. Though it is outdated in terms of program dates, etc. it still includes valuable educational materials, refer
GGALEN PRESS, LTD. PUBLISHED MATERIALS Galen Press, Ltd. publishes materials related to death and dying, medical education, death notification, and medical history, such as:
George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health http://www.gwish.org/index.htm GWish will strive to be a leading organization on educational and clinical issues related to spirituality and health.
Geriatric Quick Consult http://www.virginiageriatrics.org/consult/index.html Geriatric Quick Consult is a primer on acute geriatric care that will be linked to the clinical computing system of the VCU Health System. It will give clinicians direct access to focused information about care of acutely ill older patients and a link
GERIATRICS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS http://www.geriatricsatyourfingertips.org The American Geriatrics Society announced the 2003 release
Getting Research Into Practice http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/R-Z/scharr/ir/units/resprac This site, Getting Research into Practice, from the University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research, is ideal for medical educators wishing to understand the process of change. Examples given pertain to research, but are directly applicable
Growth House An international gateway to resources about life-threatening illnesses and end of life issues, including hospice and home care, palliative care, pain management, death with dignity, and bereavement
HHardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ Directory of Internet Health Sources.
Harvard Medical School Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice http://www.hms.harvard.edu/cdi/pallcare/ The Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice offers intensive learning experiences for physician and nurse educators who wish to become experts in the clinical practice and teaching of comprehensive, interdisciplinary palliative care, as well as
Health and Age.com - Novartis Foundation for Gerontology An educational web center to promote interaction between the public and healthcare professionals!
Health and Well Being of Rural Elders http://www.ibiblio.org/stabley/fida1/projects/indexb.html Offers FREE web-based patient cases to use as instruction material for geriatrics and geriatric medicine. First case: Meet Mrs. Jefferson - End of Life case currently in production.
Health Website Accredidation http://webapps.urac.org/websiteaccreditation/portal/consumer/verify.asp The URAC Health Web Site Accreditation Review requires providers of health content, tools, and Web site services to take a hard look at themselves and their operations. When you see that a provider has received URAC Accreditation, you can be assured that
Healthlinks.net http://www.healthlinks.net/index.html A Free Service for Healthcare Consumers and Professionals Worldwide
HealthWeb http://healthweb.org/index.cfm HealthWeb is designed for educational purposes only and is not engaged in rendering medical advice or professional medical services. Any medical or other decisions should be made in consultation with your qualified health care provider.
History and Physical Checklists http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs/clist/ Physical exam study guides
Hospice Foundation of America http://www.hospicefoundation.org Hospice Foundation of America is a not-for-profit organization that provides leadership in the development and application of hospice and its philosophy of care. Through programs of professional development, research, public education and information, Hos
Hospice Referral and Care: Practical Guidance for Clinicians http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/3345
Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams - Continuing Cancer Education Curriculum for Health Professionals This tutorial presents common concepts, principles, and issues related to protection of human participants. It will help you and your team identify research activities that involve human participants, and help you understand how to protect the rights and
IImages.MD - The Online Encyclopedia of Medical Images A medical image database that features sophisticated search and personalization features as well as authoritative
Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care http://www.ippcweb.org/index.asp Children with life-threatening conditions face many hurdles. So do their families. The Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care (IPPC - pronounced "ipsee"), represents a consortium of organizations joining forces to improve the care and the quality of life for terminal children.
Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI) The IHI Web site profiles a collaborative that is underway, "Improving Care for Patients Approaching the End of Life with COPD and CHF."
Integrated Medical Curriculum Integrates courses taught in medical school. The IMC was developed from Gold Standard Multimedia's collection of medical education CD-ROM products, which were converted into an easy-to-use online format and linked together. <br><br>The course content in
Intercultural Cancer Council http://iccnetwork.org/cancerfacts/cfs7.htm The Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC) promotes policies, programs, partnerships, and research to eliminate the unequal burden of cancer among racial and ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations in the United States and its associated terri
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
International Association for the Study of Pain Curriculum outline for medical schools on the study of pain.
International Center for the Integration of Health & Spirituality Organization's goal is to encourage professional collaboration to advance the understanding of health and spirituality through educational programs and research. Site offers long articles on various topics as well as a range of contact information and a
International Observatory on End of Life Care http://www.eolc-observatory.net/ This unique programme provides research-based information about hospice and palliative care provision in the international context. We present public health and policy data, as well as cultural, historical and ethnographic perspectives.
Iowa University Geriatric Education http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/igec/index.html The University of Iowa Geriatric Education Web Site One of The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation awardees, the Univeristy of Iowa, provides CME/CEU credits through their geriatric lecture series, an E-learning page that includes end of life topics, and an on
JJCAHO - Joint Commission on Accreditation on Healthcare Organizations The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in
Journal of Palliative Medicine (quarterly publication) http://www.catchword.com/titles/10966218.htm This interdisciplinary journal deals with patient care at the end-of-life,
KKaiser Permanente Palliative Care Program Toolkit http://www.growthhouse.org/palliative/ We have a new online version of the Kaiser Permanente Palliative Care Program Toolkit available that gives you a step-by-step guide on how you can create an innovative outpatient palliative care program within your own healthcare institution.
Karolinska Institute Medical Images and Illustrations http://www.mic.ki.se/Medimages.html Biomedical Information Resources & Services - by Subject and Medical Images and Illustrations.
LLiaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs leading to the M.D. degree in U.S. and Canadian medical schools. Accreditation by the LCME confers eligibility for participation in Federal student loan programs. Most state boards
MMayday Pain Project Site categorizes various pain Web sites by topic. Goal is to increase awareness and provide objective information to both pain sufferers and their families and caregivers. Includes much information which is not related to EoL care.
MD Consult MD Consult integrates the most renowned collection of medicalcontent online. Leading medical texts. Premier journals. Peer-reviewed guidelines. Patient handouts and more.
Medicaid and Medicare Services Official site of the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services, formerly known as Health Financing Agency, administers Medicare and other government financing programs. A number of quality-of-care improvement programs are detailed on this site. Site pri
Medical Education Online This Web site is designed to disseminate information with the purpose of educating physicians and other health professionals. Manuscripts on any aspect of the training process for health professionals are considered for this peer-reviewed electronic journ
Medical Matrix Ranked, peer-reviewed, annotated, updated clincial medicine resources.
Medical School Objectives Project (MSOP) http://www.aamc.org/meded/msop This project, supported by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), is designed to enhance the relevance and thereby improve the quality of medical student education. The major purpose of the project is to foster within the medical education c
Medicare Rights Center The Medicare Rights Center is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that older adults and people with disabilities get good, affordable health care. Our website offers helpful and reliable Medicare information for professionals in the healt
Medscape MEDLINE (Optimized for Physicians)<br>
MedSchoolTutor MedSchoolTutor sets you up with a personal email tutor in Basic Science courses and Clinical courses. Help is also available with Study Skills and Guidance.
MEDUCATOR http://www.meducational.com/journal The Meducator, is a new peer-reviewed, quarterly, international medical education journal
MERLOT Merlot is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments. http://www.missoulademonstration.org The MDP is working to improve the quality of life for dying people and their families. Since 1996, the project has combined community-based action with extensive research on living with life-limiting illness, dying, death, caregiving and grief in Missoula, MN.
N NACWLTC - National Alliance for Children A searchable National Resource Center designed to help every community in America access, develop, implement and evaluate services for children with life-threatening conditions.
National Cancer Institute The NCI is the largest component of the National Institutes of Health. It coordinates a national research program on cancer cause and prevention, detection and diagnosis, and treatment. It provides information about cancer to patients, the public, and hea
National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services ( UK) http://www.hospice-spc-council.org.uk/ The representative, coordinating body for all those working in hospice and specialist palliative care in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
National Guideline Clearinghouse a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
National Healthcare Quality Report http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/ This report will appear in final form March 1, 2004 for downloading in Word or as PDF files. Also appearing on this Web site is the Natinal Healthcare Disparities Report. The reports, developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Established in 1978, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is a nonprofit organization whose mission is advocacy for the rights of terminally ill
National Institute of Nursing Research (National Institutes of Health) http://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/catalog/ninr.asp The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), Division of Intramural Research (DIR), conducts research directed at establishing and increasing fundamental knowledge that promotes health, prevents disease, and ameliorates the effects of illness and di
National Library of Medicine
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/ The National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL), is a specialized collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, government publications, and other relevant documents concerned with issues in biomedics
National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) NPCRC is a national initiative committed to stimulating, developing, and funding palliative care research directed at improving care for patients with serious illness and their families. Located at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City where it receives direction and technical assistance, the Center will solicit research proposals from investigators throughout the United States.
NIH's Bioethics Resources on the Web http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/endoflife.html The NIH Office of Extramural Research, in collaboration with the NIH Bioethics Interest Group, has launched "NIH's Bioethics Resources on the Web". The site is designed to facilitate research, scholarly activities, and training. It provides information
Normal and Abnormal EKGs and Heart Sounds http://bioscience.org/atlases/heart/ Audio and Visual practice site!
NPEC - National Pain Education Council Multimedia Pain Education Website An online CME program for physicians and other medical professionals who treat pain entitled, Appropriate Opioid Pharmacotherapy for Chronic Pain Management.
Nursing Leadership Consortium for End-of-Life Care This new Web site is dedicated to end-of-life care improvements have been OOn Our Own Terms http://www.pbs.org/onourownterms The full On Our Own Terms companion web site.
ONCOLOGY WEB-BOOK http://www.conversationsincare.com
Online CME from Medical Computing Today http://www.medicalcomputingtoday.com/0listcme.html Medical Computing Today is "a not-for-profit Web site publishing peer-reviewed articles on computers and related technology for physicians and other health professionals. Electronic CME is an extensive, updated, and annotated list of links to online (Web)
Oregon Health Sciences University Center for Ethics in Health Care The Center for Ethics in Health Care combines the perspectives of health professionals, patients, and families to improve teaching, research, and clinical consultation about ethical issues in patient care and health policy.
Outcome Measures for Pain Management http://www.asahq.org/NEWSLETTERS/1997/08_97/Outcomes_0897.html The ASA Nine - a list of nine domains developed by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Pain Management that can help quantify and validate the outcome of pain therapies.
PPain and the Law
Pain Education Offering information for pain professionals and can also be quite useful to people with pain.
Pain Medicine and Palliative Care -- University of Utah http://www.hci.utah.edu/1026.html Home page for the Program in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at the Huntsman Cancer Institute of the University of Utah
Palliative Care Council of South Australia Multicultural Guidelines http://www.pallcare.asn.au/mc/index.html The Palliative Care Council of South Australia has produced a book containing multicultural treatment guidelines to end-of-life care.
Palliative Care Education & Research - Michigan State University http://www.palliativecare.msu.edu/default.htm This web site, sponsored by the Cancer Center at Michigan State University, offers a variety of general and program specific resources. The Easing Cancer Pain and Completing a Life programs are described and the CDs can be ordered online.
Palliative Care Education Resource Team http://www.swedishmedical.org/PERT.htm The PERT Program curriculum is designed to increase the knowledge, skills, and confidence of nursing home staff in providing end-of-life care. This section of the PERT Program website provides information about the curriculum and how to participate.
Palliative Care Handbook http://albertapalliative.net/APN/PCHB/01_PrinciplesOfDecision.html This book is intended as an educational resource to aid primary care practitioners in Alberta to care for their palliative patients. In order to assist regions to use a common language in describing palliative care concepts and programs/services, the PCNI
Palliative Care Matters The site is intended for health-care professionals working in palliative care or related fields. You are welcome to visit the pages as a Guest, but please consider registering, as this will bring several advantages. Download free version of Ian Back's Palliative Medicine Handbook at http://book.pallcare.info.
Palliative Care Nursing http://www.palliativecarenursing.net Through a partnership between the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau International, a new website has been developed to provide nurses with access to resources for palliative and end of life care. This site is a work in progress -- t
Palliative Medicine Program - Medical College of Wisconsin http://www.mcw.edu/pallmed
Palliative Medicine Resources on the Internet http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/med/intmed/pall.html This site from the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Science provides helpful clinical and education weblinks, including access to their General Internal Medicine's online course, Palliative Medicine, MED-880.
Patient Communications http://www.patientcommunications.com This site is dedicated to improving clinician-patient communication skills by providing tools, links and information for educators and providers. This site is sponsored by Patient Communications Unlimited - founded by Allan Platt PA-C and Neil Shulman, M
Patient Education and Caring: End-of-Life (PEACE) Series http://www.acponline.org/ethics/patient_education.htm FREE, downloadable pamphlets available from American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine website for patients regarding palliative care and hospice.
PDAs in Healthcare http://www.mcw.edu/edserv/PDAHealthcare.htm Medical College of Wisconsin's link for personal digital assistants for 3rd year medical students.
Pediatric Oncology Group http://www.childrensoncologygroup.org/ Part of the U.S. National Cancer Institute, a cooperative clinical trials group of over 100 centers working to treat cancer among children and teens. Site offers information about treatments, news and other oncology resources.
Pediatric Pain http://is.dal.ca/~pedpain/pedpain.html This site is dedicated to pain management in children. It offers subscriptions to its newsletter and listserv as well as abstracts of various publications and articles. Assessment tools for professionals and researchers working on children's pain issues
Pharmacy Benefits Management-Strategic Healthcare Group Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.vapbm.org/PBM/menu.asp News alerts, criteria for drug use, guidelines, and drug reviews.
Post-Operative Pain Video Conferences Online http://www.wisc.edu/trc/projects/pop The University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School's Post-Operative Pain
Primer on Critical Care for Patients and Their Families http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/cc/ccprimer/mainframe2.html American Thoracic Society Critical Care has developed a website that offers a series of short explanations of illnesses and procedures that are commonly seen in the Intensive Care Unit. The Website has many end-of-life and critical care issues.
Professional Testing Corporation Professional Testing Corporation (PTC) was founded in 1983 to provide professional organizations of all sizes with quality psychometric services.
Program on the Medical Encounter and Palliative Care http://hsrd.durham.med.va.gov/pmepc/default.htm Their Mission is to conduct research and education to improve the discipline's understanding of communication in the medical
Project on Death in America (PDIA) The Web site provides PDIA's mission statement, funding initiatives, media and publications, information about the Faculty Scholars program, and online newsletter, as well as an arts and humanities initiative.
Project on Death in America-Library Catalog http://library.soros.org/dbtw-wpd/library_pdia.htm This is the online catalog of the holdings of the Library of the Project on Death in America (PDIA) in New York . The library catalog is provided here for reference purposes. The approximately 600 documents in the PDIA Library collection in New York inclu
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care http://www.promotingexcellence.org The Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care National Program Office Web Site is designed to showcase models to improve access and quality of care in the palliative care, hospice and end-of-life health care community.
QQuality of Life - Assessment in Medicine Internet Resources Public domain quality of life instruments database that includes:
RResidents' Teaching Skills Web Site http://www.residentteachers.com This resource is a collaboration with the Graduate Medical Education
Rhode Island Partnership to Improve End of Life Care http://www.chcr.brown.edu/commstate/homepagewithframes.htm Through a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the R.I. Partnership to Improve Care at the End-of-Life, based at the Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, is a collaborative effort among Brown University, the Universi
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based in Princeton, NJ, is the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. It became a national institution in 1972 with receipt of a bequest from the industrialist whose name it bears,
S Shaare Zedek Cancer Pain and Palliative Care http://www.chernydatabase.org/ This is a searchable database of over 30,000 references related to Cancer Pain and Palliative Care.
Society of Critical Care Medicine This site is designed for anyone who seeks information on critical care medicine. Critical care combines the efforts of physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and pharmacologists, and allied health professionals.
South Alabama University Electronic Instructional Design Book http://www.southalabama.edu/coe/idbook
STFM Bookstore http://www.stfm.org/bookstore/ The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Online Bookstore arranges titles by subject area, but you may also search by title, author, publisher, year published, ISBN, or for only the new books in a particular subject area.
StopPain.org The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care--Beth Israel Hospital, New York is dedicated to providing comprehensive care of the highest quality in pain management and palliative care, and advancing the educational and research aims of these discip
Supportive Care of the Dying A coalition of like-minded Catholic health care providers and service
Surgeon and Palliative Care http://www.facs.org/palliativecare/ Includes an annotated bibliography and pathway to Palliative Care By The Surgeon articles in PDF format.
Symposium on Doctor Patient Communication at the End of Life http://www.eol-communication.org/ Originally held in May, this symposium was part of the annual meeting of ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology). View the live webcast at http://www.eol-communication.org/
TThe Behaviors of Professionalism http://ci.nbme.org/professionalism There is a broad and growing demand for assessment of the fundamentals of professionalism. The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) is investigating its response as an organization with established measurement expertise.
The Resource Center http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/trc/ The Resource Center supports the efforts of The American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives by distributing educational materials, triaging requests, and providing general administrative support.
Toolbox of Assesment Methods http://www.acgme.org/outcome/assess/toolbox.asp <b>Click on "Outcome Project" in lefthand column to find the Toolbox.</b> Scroll down to view a PowerPoint introduction to the ACGME Outcome Project. Click on "Toolbox" in the lefthand column indented under Outcome Project for PDF files. <br><br>The ACGME
Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End of Life (TIME) http://www.chcr.brown.edu/pcoc/toolkit.htm An authoritative bibliography of instruments to measure the quality of care and quality
Topics in Pain Management: A Slide Compendium http://www.stoppain.org/for_professionals/compendium/ This series consists of annotated, downloadable PowerPoint© modules for professionals interested in an integrated approach to pain management. The slide kit is now available for use in didactic presentations on pain-related issues. UUniversity of Hawaii - Center on Aging 5 booklets on end-of-life care, designed to help family caregivers who are caring for a loved one facing the end-of- life. The booklets, funded by a grant from the They are: 1. Advance Care Planning: Making Choices Known
University of Washington School of Medicine: Communication Skills Training for Medical Oncology Fellows http://depts.washington.edu/oncotalk/ This 5-year program involves intensive communication skills training consisting of a 4-day residential retreat and distance follow-up mentoring by telephone. Two retreats will be held per year, one in the spring and the other in the fall.
University of Wisconsin Pain & Policy Studies Group http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy The group focuses on identifying and addressing the barriers to medical use of opioid analgesics.
UPMC Palliative Care Program http://www.upmc.edu/palliativecare/ The UPMC Palliative Care Program site includes a newsletter, resource links, and a case of the week. VVA Hospice and Palliative Care web site: http://www.va.gov/geriatricsshg/page.cfm?pg=65
Virtual Hospital The Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients. The goal of the Virtual Hospital digital library is to make the Internet a usefu
WWorld Health Organization (WHO) Programme on Cancer Control http://www.who.int/ncd/cancer/index.htm WHO publications, documents, and abstracts related to cancer pain, terminal illness, and palliative care
WHO Pain and Palliative Care Communications Program http://www.WHOcancerpain.wisc.edu The mission of the WHO Pain and Palliative Care Communications Program is to improve access to professional education resources in pain control and palliative care, and actively support the WHO Cancer Control Program; we publish Cancer Pain Release, the only WHO periodical on pain control and palliative care and a well recognized resource for professional education. ZZen Hospice Inspired by a 2500 year-old tradition, Zen Hospice Project provides a spectrum of innovative programs including volunteer services, residential care, and trainings which seek to cultivate wisdom and compassion through service.
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