Palliative Care

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» Children's Hospice International - Provides a network of support and care for children with life-threatening conditions and their families. Membership information, publications, guidelines for how to tell children and discussion board.
» Crossing the Creek - A practical guide to dying process for the dying and caregivers, written by a nurse. Explains normal changes, interventions and the work of dying.
» Growth House - Resources for bereavement and grief, death and dying, death with dignity, euthanasia, hospice, palliative care, suicide, terminal illness, AIDS, HIV, and related topics.
» Hospice Care Ring - A place for hospice workers, caregivers, and people who know first hand about grief and healing to come together to share ideas, and help each other.
» Stop Pain - Consumer and professional health education on the treatment of chronic pain plus information on palliative care for those with long-term illness.
» Symptoms in Terminal Illness - Articles, definitions and issues in terminal illness.
» Tennessee End of Life Partnership - A nonprofit organization, aiming at continually defining and promoting optimum practices in end of life care. Offers membership information, updates and related links.
» University of Ottawa Institute of Palliative Care - A Canadian center for advanced training, research and scholarship in palliative and hospice care. The institute's mission is to increase the quality of life for people with terminal illness. [English, French]