American Psychological Association: End-of-Life Care Issues and Care - http://www.apa.org/pi/eol/
Report examines the role of psychology and psychologists in end-of-life decisions and quality of care issues. |
Before I Die - http://www.thirteen.org/bid/
A PBS program exploring the medical, ethical, and social issues surrounding end-of-life care in America today. Features real life stories about people who have faced these personal decisions. |
Death with Dignity National Center - http://www.deathwithdignity.org
Mission is to expand end-of-life choices and advance the legalization of physician aid in dying. |
Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life - http://www.iceol.duke.edu
Seeks to improve care at the end of life through interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and outreach. |
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - http://www.ekrfoundation.org/
Official site for the psychiatrist who wrote the groundbreaking book "On Death and Dying." Biography, publications, quotes, and related links. |
End-of-life Care - http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/newsletter/FPN_4_25.html
End-of-life issues - meeting the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and practical needs of terminally ill patients and their caregivers. |
Estate of Denial - http://www.estateofdenial.com/
Gives the "dark side" of estate management plus involuntary redistribution of assets via trusts, wills, and guardianships. Exposes an industry where lawyers and others manipulate circumstances for asset distributions contrary to intended wishes of the deceased and disabled. |
Ethical Issues in Terminal Health Care - http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~ennyman/ethics.html
Articles and essays on patients' rights, Ethics Committees, the Right-to-Die Debate, and Physician Assisted Suicide. |
Innovations in End-of-Life Care - http://www.edc.org/lastacts/
This on-line journal features peer-reviewed examples of promising practices in end-of-life care. |
Last Acts - http://www.lastacts.org/
Campaign to improve care of the dying by coalition of healthcare professional and consumer organizations. News and discussion on death and dying, reports on palliative care, resource directory, free publications, and e-mail newsletter provided. |