Hospice Care

Children

1.	Differences between Hospice Care for Children and Children's Hospice International http://www.chionline.org/resources/difference.phtml




2.	About Children's Hospice, Palliative, and End Children's Hospice International http://www.chionline.org/resources/about.phtml

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Palliative Care National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=%22palliative+care%22&recruit...

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.	Find a Hospice Program National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nhpco.org/custom/directory/




2.	American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine http://www.abhpm.org/Locator.aspx

Financial Issues

1.	Who Pays for Hospice Care? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_2_5x_what_pays_for_hospice_ca...

Law and Policy

1.	Hospice Services (Medicaid) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/services/hospice.asp




2.	Hospice (Medicare) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/refhospice.asp




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

National Institutes of Health

1.	Hospice National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_6.htm

Organizations

1.	National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nhpco.org/




2.	Children's Hospice International http://www.chionline.org/




3.	National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/

Overviews

1.	Hospice Care: When Comfort, Not Cure, Is the Focus Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00860




2.	What Is Hospice Care? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_2_5x_what_is_hospice_care.asp...

Related Issues

1.	Communicating Your End-of-Life Wishes National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nhpco.org/files/public/NHF_brochure_Pink_Communicating.pdf




2.	Helping You Choose Quality Home Care and Hospice S Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos...




3.	How to Select a Care Provider National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3282




4.	CarePlanner Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.careplanner.org/




5.	JAMA Patient Page: Palliative Care American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZYUGDYYXC&sub_...




6.	What Questions Should I Ask about Hospice Care? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_2_5x_what_questions_should_i_...

Research

1.	Research Shows That Distinct Patterns of Functiona National Institute of Nursing Research http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2003/ninr-13.htm

Specific Conditions

1.	Hospice Care in the Nursing Home American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/250.xml

Statistics

1.	FASTATS: Home Health Care National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homehealthcare.htm




2.	New Report Profiles Hospice Care in the United Sta National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/03facts/hospicecare.htm