Links of Interest
To
access any of these sites, click on the URL listed below the name or copy the
URL to your Address Bar.
Maine Links
Cancer
Community Center
www.cancercommunitycenter.org
Center
for Grieving Children
www.cgcmaine.org
Hospice
Education Institute
www.hospiceworld.org/
Maine
Bioethics Network
www.usm.maine.edu/bioethics/maine.htm
Maritime
Challenge Foundation
www.maritimechallenge.org/
Rx Cares for Maine
www.rxcaresforme.org
Two Roads Maine
www.tworoadsmaine.org
National Links
Aging
with Dignity
www.agingwithdignity.org
ALS
Association
www.alsa.org/
Alzheimer
Society
www.alz.org/
American
Geriatrics Society
www.americangeriatrics.org/education/forum/endoflife.shtml
American
Pain Foundation
www.painfoundation.org
Before
I Die
www.pbs.org/wnet/bid/
Cancer
Links: End of Life Issues, Hospice Care and Wills
www.cancerlinks.com/end.html
CaringInfo --
NHPCO's new consumer focused website
www.caringinfo.org
Catholic
Hospice: Serving People of All Faiths
www.catholichospice.org/
Center
to Improve Care of the Dying
www.gwu.edu/~cicd/
Decisions
About End of Life Care: JAMA Article (PDF document)
jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v284n19/fpdf/jpg1115.pdf
Defining
Wellness Through End of Life (Dr. Ira Byock)
www.dyingwell.com/
End
of Life Care for Children
childendoflifecare.org/
End
of Life Care in HIV/AIDS
hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?page=kb-03-03-05
End
of Life Physician Education Resource Center
www.eperc.mcw.edu/start.cfm
End
of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Project
www.aacn.nche.edu/elnec/
EPEC
Project
www.epec.net/
Finding
Our Way: Living and Dying in America
www.findingourway.net
Gould
Health Systems
www.ghsinc.coml
GrowthHouse.Org
www.growthhouse.org/
Hospice
Foundation of America
www.hospicefoundation.org
Hospice Resources
www.hospiceresources.net
Improving
End of Life Care with Complementary Therapies in Hospice (an article from Final
Thoughts)
www.finalthoughts.com/rc_html/main/article.asp?ID=253&Resource=3
In
Support of Life: Comfort & Hope for the Dying
www.macathconf.org/EOLresources.htm
Innovations
in End of Life Care: an internet Journal
www2.edc.org/lastacts/
Live
Campaign -- "It's About How You Live"
www.caringinfo.org/ir1/pages/index.cfm?pageid-3294
Medic
Alert Foundation
www.medicalert.org
Center for Practical
Bioethics
www.practicalbioethics.org
National
Adult Day Services Association
www.nadsa.org
National
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
www.nhpco.org
Nursing
Leadership Acadamy
www.palliativecarenursing.net/pcare_news.html
Palliative
Care Nursing Network
www.palliativecarenursing.net/
Partners
Against Pain
www.partnersagainstpain.com
Principals
of Care of Patients at the End of Life
www.milbank.org/endoflife/
Project
on Death in America: Transforming the Culture of Dying
www.soros.org/death/
Promoting
Excellence in End of Life Care
www.promotingexcellence.org/
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
www.rwjf.org
State
Initiatives in End of Life Care: Policy Guide for State Legislators
www.ncsl.org/programs/pubs/endintro.htm
Surfing the Changing
Tides of Hospice Care: HospiceResources.Net
www.hospiceresources.net
TIME:
Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End of Life
www.chcr.brown.edu/pcoc/toolkit.htm
Toolkit
of Instruments to Measure End of Life
www.gwu.edu/~cicd/toolkit/toolkit.htm
Ulman
Cancer Fund for Young Adults
www.ulmanfund.org/html/end_of_life_care.html
VA
Hospice and Palliative Care Initiative
www.va.gov/oaa/flp/
MaineShare
 The
Maine Hospice Council is a MaineShare workplace.
MaineShare funds 34 statewide organizations including the Maine
Hospice Council addressing environmental, economic opportunity, peace and
justice, cultural diversity, the arts, and health service issues. Enroll
your workplace online at www.maineshare.org
or contact us directly: P.O. Box 2095, Augusta, ME 04338 (207)
622-0105; 1 Pleasant Street, Portland, ME 04101 (207) 772-9824
 The Partnership for Prescription Assistance
brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them. Many will get them free or nearly free. Its mission is to increase awareness of patient assistance programs and boost enrollment of those who are eligible. Through this site, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance offers a single point of access to more than 275 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 150 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies. To access the Partnership for Prescription Assistance by phone, you can call toll-free, 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669).
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