End of Life Issues

Children

1.	When Somebody Dies Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/somedie.html




2.	Helping Younger People Cope with Death and Funeral American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/public/h_care/9-young.htm




3.	Earlier Recognition of a Terminally Ill Child Lead American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ2A76MEFC&sub_...




4.	Death and Dying Ambulatory Pediatric Association http://www.ambpeds.org/site/education/education_handouts_death.htm

Coping

1.	Interacting with a Terminally Ill Loved One Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00041

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Glossary Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care http://www.stoppain.org/education_research/glossary.html

Directories

1.	Community Resources AARP http://www.aarp.org/families/grief_loss/a2004-11-15-community.html




2.	Where to Write for Vital Records National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm

Financial Issues

1.	Burial Funds Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/notices/supplemental-security-income/spotlights/spot-bur...




2.	Final Details: A Checklist AARP http://www.aarp.org/families/grief_loss/a2004-11-15-finalchecklist.html

Law and Policy

1.	End of Life Choices - CPR and DNR Family Caregiver Alliance http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=397




2.	End-of-Life Decision-Making Family Caregiver Alliance http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=401




3.	Ethics and Legal Issues in Palliative Care Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care http://www.stoppain.org/palliative_care/ethics.html




4.	Getting Legal Help AARP http://www.aarp.org/families/grief_loss/a2004-11-15-gettinghelp.html

National Institutes of Health

1.	End-of-Life Care: Questions and Answers National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_15.htm

Organizations

1.	National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/




2.	Americans for Better Care of the Dying http://www.abcd-caring.org/

Overviews

1.	Dying Person's Guide to Dying American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/public/h_care/dying-gd.htm




2.	Choices in Health Care Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec01/ch008/ch008c.html

Related Issues

1.	Making the Decision: Tube Feeding--Frequently Aske Brown University, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research http://www.chcr.brown.edu/dying/CONSUMERFEEDINGTUBE.HTM




2.	Autopsy: Life's Final Chapter American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZPIEJD81D&sub_...




3.	When You Have Pain at the End-of-Life American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine http://www.doctorsforadults.com/images/healthpdfs/end_pain.pdf




4.	Artificial Hydration and Nutrition American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/629.xml




5.	End of Life Choices - Feeding Tubes and Ventilator Family Caregiver Alliance http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=399




6.	Funeral Arrangements and Memorial Services AARP http://www.aarp.org/families/grief_loss/a2004-11-15-arrangements.html




7.	Funerals: A Consumer Guide Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/services/funeral.htm




8.	How to Help During the Final Weeks of Life American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/public/h_care/7-final.htm




9.	Living with a Serious Illness: Talking to Your Doc American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine http://www.doctorsforadults.com/images/healthpdfs/serious_ill.pdf




10.	Making Medical Decisions for a Loved One at the En American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine http://www.doctorsforadults.com/images/healthpdfs/med_decisions.pdf




11.	Making Your Loved One Comfortable during the Last Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00048




12.	What to Do When a Beneficiary Dies Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/deathbenefits.htm

Research

1.	New AHRQ Evidence Report Finds Autopsies Help to U Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2003/autoppr.htm




2.	Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and End-of American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/11/I-38




3.	Discussing Death with a Dying Child American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Discussing_Death_with_a_...

Specific Conditions

1.	End-of-Life Care: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (C American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/630.xml




2.	End-of-Life Care Discussions Should Be Initiated E American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZKDWENEFC&sub_...




3.	Advanced Cancer: Living Each Day National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/advancedcancer




4.	Decisions About End-of-Life Care American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZJBYM94GC&sub_...




5.	What to Do Before and After the Moment of Death American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/public/h_care/8-moment.htm

Statistics

1.	What Are the Odds of Dying? National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm




2.	Leading Causes of Death: Males - United States, 20 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/men/lcod.htm




3.	FASTATS: Leading Causes of Death National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm




4.	Data on Drug Related Deaths in 34 Metro Areas to B Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.samhsa.gov/news/newsreleases/ACF20D.htm

Women

1.	Leading Causes of Death, Females United States, 20 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Women's Health http://www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/lcod.htm