Links
Here are some links to
interesting sites that we've come across. Please
e-mail
us with any suggestions for links to other sites.
Medical
Organizations
Palliative Care at Hotel Dieu
Hospital
RCF began supporting the Hotel Dieu's Palliative Care Unit nearly two years
ago, while Rose Craig was a patient there. The Hotel
Dieu Hospital's new
web site is worth a look too!
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
One of the most comprehensive and respected cancer hospitals in the world
and they have the most progressive palliative care program in the United
States.
Professional Organizations
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative
Medicine
National Cancer Institute
National Hospice and Palliative Care
Organization
The largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and
palliative care programs and professionals in the United States. The
organization is committed to improving end of life care and expanding
access to
hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life
for people
dying in America and their loved ones.
Advocacy and Support Organizations
Hospice Net
For patients and families facing life-threatening illness...
Last Acts
A national coalition to improve care and caring at the end of life.
Research and Education
OncoLink
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center's Web Site -- lots of information
about
cancer
JAMA
Theme Issue: End of Life Care (11/2000)
A whole issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association dedicated
to end of life care -- and it's available online!
Memorial Sloan-Kettering's
Smart
Talk About Cancer Lecture Series: An
outstanding series of multimedia
presentations about cancer. You can watch
the presentation slides and
listen to the entire lecture online!! Of particular
interest is the March
30, 2000 lecture about "Managing Cancer Pain: Myths,
Barriers, and New Approaches"
For more links to Palliative Care sites, please see Memorial
Sloan Kettering's list of web resources.
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