Web Directory

» 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/

» 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/

» 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/

» 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

» 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.ekrfoundation.org/

» 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

» Estate of Denial
   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 dec
   http://www.estateofdenial.com/

» 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/

» 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/

» 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/

» 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

» 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/