Education of Health Professionals
Selected Internet Sites (Updated 6/4/18)
Education Resources for Professionals
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (ELNEC) End of Life Nursing Education Consortium. http://www.aacnnursing.org/ELNEC
- CARES: Competencies And Recommendations for Educating Undergraduate Nursing Students. Preparing Nurses to Care for the Seriously Ill and their Families http://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/ELNEC/PDF/New-Palliative-Care-Competencies.pdf?ver=2017-07-27-151036-973
- Education on Palliative and End-of-Life Care, The EPEC Project
- Palliative Care Fast Facts and Concepts--originally published by EPERC since 2000. Fast Facts are edited by Sean Marks, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Professional Organizations
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Professional Certification
- National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Pediatric Resources
Resources in Michigan
Other Resources
- Agenet
- American Association for Retired Persons
- Americans for Better Care of the Dying
- EthicalWill.com is now Celebrations of Life -- past, present and future
- Griefnet: A Community of persons dealing with grief, loss and death
- Growth House Publishing
- National Cancer Institute Issues of End of Life
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on Improving End-of-Life Care- December 6-8, 2004
Advance Directives Sites
- American Bar Association - Consumer's Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
My Voice-My Choice Your Advance Directives Information
- Five Wishes
Reminiscence Therapy
- Growth House Publishing
- Tell me your Stories - oral history
- Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate? Your Guide to Passing on Personal Belongings
Target Audience: All | Author/Contact: Maureen Giacomazza and Linda Strodtman | Date of last review: June 2018