End-of-Life

Last Acts - 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.
http://www.lastacts.org/

American Psychological Association: End-of-Life Care Issues and Care - Report examines the role of psychology and psychologists in end-of-life decisions and quality of care issues.
http://www.apa.org/pi/eol/

Ethical Issues in Terminal Health Care - Articles and essays on patients' rights, Ethics Committees, the Right-to-Die Debate, and Physician Assisted Suicide.
http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~ennyman/ethics.html

The Leaving Life Questionnaire - A guide to exploring ideas, feelings and experiences related to death and dying, quality of life and suffering, old age,and voluntary euthanasia.
http://leavelife.com/

End-of-life Care - End-of-life issues - meeting the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and practical needs of terminally ill patients and their caregivers.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/newsletter/FPN_4_25.html

Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life - Seeks to improve care at the end of life through interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and outreach.
http://www.iceol.duke.edu

On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying - Four-part PBS series by television journalist Bill Moyers that focuses on end-of-life care in the U.S.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/

Project on Death in America - To understand and transform the culture and experience of dying and bereavement
http://www.soros.org/death/

Responding to Patients in the Persistent Vegetative State - Discusses the withdrawal of food and fluids from PVS patients without other complicating conditions from a Christian viewpoint.
http://www.xenos.org/ministries/crossroads/donal/pvs.htm

Rites of Passage - Non-profit agency providing services to people with terminal illnesses; education, videos and training on AIDS and death and dying including works by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Dannion Brinkley.
http://www.ktc.net/ritesofpassage/

The End of Life - Exploring Death in America - Resources for people with life-threatening diseases and transcripts of the radio program, "All Things Considered."
http://www.npr.org/programs/death/

End-of-Life Decisions - This message of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America draws attention to end-of-life decisions and encourages action on it.
http://www.elca.org/dcs/endoflife.html

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - Official site for the psychiatrist who wrote the groundbreaking book "On Death and Dying." Biography, publications, quotes, and related links.
http://www.elisabethkublerross.com/

Death with Dignity National Center - Mission is to expand end-of-life choices and advance the legalization of physician aid in dying.
http://www.deathwithdignity.org

Innovations in End-of-Life Care - This on-line journal features peer-reviewed examples of promising practices in end-of-life care.
http://www.edc.org/lastacts/

Before I Die - 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.
http://www.thirteen.org/bid/