End-Of-Life Issues

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
AAHPM is a professional organization for physicians and other healthcare providers committed to improving the quality of life of patients and families facing serious or life-threatening conditions.

Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD)
Americans for Better Care of the Dying aims to improve end-of-life care by learning which social and political changes will lead to enduring, efficient, and effective programs.

Palliative Care Policy Center (PCPC)
The Palliative Care Policy Center offers expert support to hospitals, nursing homes, health systems, hospices, and other organizations that serve individuals nearing the end of life. PCPC aims to help people make breakthrough changes happen in areas that matter to patients and families.

Choice in Dying, Inc. (CID)
Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national consumer and community engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life, supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Compassion in Dying
Compassion & Choices, a nonprofit organization, improves care and expands choice at the end of life. They support, educate and advocate.

GriefNet
GriefNet offers support for individuals that have suffered loss through services such as e-mail support groups as well as other resources.

Hospice Association of America (HAA)
The Hospice Association of America is a national organization representing thousands of hospices, caregivers and volunteers who serve terminally ill patients and their families.

Hospice Education Institute (HEI)
The Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organization, serving members of the public and health care professionals with information and education about the many facets of caring for the dying and the bereaved.

Hospice Foundation of America (HFA)
Hospice Foundation of America provides leadership in the development and application of hospice and its philososphy of care with the goal of enhancing the U.S. health care system and the role of hospice within it.

The Last Acts Campaign
Last Acts created a wealth of useful Web content-for health care consumers, health-care practitioners, policy-makers and employers.

Life With Dignity
The objective of Life With Dignity is to preserve the integrity of individuals facing terminal illness.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is 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.