END of life

Patient Resources

• Caring Connections—http://www.caringinfo.org.
• Get Palliative Care—www.getpalliativecare.org.
• National Family Caregivers Association—http://www.nfcacares.org/.
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization—http://www.nhpco.org.
• Online Living Will Completion for Texans—https://www.texaslivingwill.org/.

Provider Resources

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine—http://www.aahpm.org/.
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization—http://www.nhpco.org.
• American Pain Society—http://www.ampainsoc.org.
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities—http://www.asbh.org.
• American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics—http://www.aslme.org.
• End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel—American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine— http://www.acponline.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/running_practice/ethics/.
• The EPEC Project (Education resource online)—www.epec.net.
• Palliative Care Matters—http://www.pallcare.info.

Suggested Readings

• Baugher R, Calija M. A Guide to the Bereaved Survivor. Newcastle, WA; 1998. [ISBN:0-9635975-0-7.]
• Brown LK, Brown M. When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death. Little Brown & Company;1996. [ISBN:0-316-11955-5.]
• Callanan M, Kely, P. Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs and Communications of the Dying. Bantam Books; 1992. [ISBN: 0-553-37876-7.]
• Hanson W. The Next Place. Waldman House Press; 1997. [ISBN: 0-931674-32-8.]
• Heegaard M. When Someone Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief. Woodland Press; 1988. [ISBN:0-9620502-0-2.]
• Lattanzi-Licht M, Mahoney JJ, Miller GW. The National Hospice Organization Guide to Hospice Care: The Hospice Choice: In Pursuit of A Peaceful Death. Simon & Schuster;1998. [ISBN:0-684-82269-5.]
• Ray MC. I Am Here to Help: A Hospice Workers Guide to Communicating with Dying People and Their Loved Ones. Hospice Handouts, McRay Company;1992. [ISBN:0-963611-0-1.]
• Sameul-Traisman E. Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins: A Journey for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss. Centering Corporation;1992. [ISBN:1-56123-056-1.]