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Helpful Websites
Education: Articles and Presentations
Advance Directives
Past Conferences

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Helpful Websites

www.nhpco.org – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

www.oppen.us – Ohio Pediatric Palliative Care and End of Life Network

www.ohpco.org – Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization

www.pallimed.org – A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog

www.iceol.duke.edu – Institute on Care at the End of Life

www.kokuamau.org – Hawaii’s Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

www.mainehospicecouncil.org – Maine Hospice Council and Center for End of Life Care

www.chcd.org – Center for Health Care Decisions

www.caringinfo.org – Caring Connections

www.project-compassion.org – Project: Compassion

www.midwestpalliativeandhospicecarecenter.org – Midwest Palliative and Hospice Care Center

www.practicalbioethics.org – Center For Practical Bio Ethics

www.DyingWell.org – Defining Wellness through the End of Life

www.agingwithdignity.org – Aging with Dignity

www.sacredartofliving.org – Sacred Art of Living is a non-profit Center for Spiritual Education and Training. Our Mission: To transform suffering by discovering the sacred in every aspect of living & dying

www.mayoclinic.com/health/end-of-life/MY00365 – End of Life – MayoClinic.com

http://www.endoflife.northwestern.edu/ – EndLink: Resource for End of Life Care Education

http://growthhouse.org/ – Improving Care for the Dying

www.aahpm.org/ – American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

www.palliativedoctors.org/ – AAHPM created this consumer Web site to explain the specialty of hospice and palliative medicine and its benefits

http://hpna.org/ – Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association

www.capc.org/ – Center to Advance Palliative Care

www.swhpn.org/ – Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network

www.professionalchaplains.org – Association of Professional Chaplains

www.nacc.org – National Association of Catholic Chaplains

www.acperesearch.net – Association for Clinical Pastoral Education Research Network


Education: Articles and Presentations

http://www.hardchoices.com/ – “Hard Choices for Loving People: CPR, Artificial Feeding, Comfort Care, and the Patient with a Life-Threatening Illness,” by Hank Dunn

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/02/100802fa_fact_gawande?printable=true -” Letting Go: What should medicine do when it can’t save your life?” by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, August 2, 2010

Conceptual Analysis of Spirituality at the End of Life

Delivering Spiritual Care

Does Religiosity Help Muslims Adjust to Death

Faith and Healing

Offering Religious Support Could Be Part of Providing Compassionate Patient Care

Prayer & Spiritual Practices for Health Reasons Among American Adults – Role of Race & Ethnicity

Relationships Between Psycho-spiritual Well-being and Values in African American Dialysis Patients

Religion & Quality of Life in the Last Year of Life

Spiritual Care at End of Life

When Religious Beliefs Collide With Medicine


Advance Directives

Spiritual Care Advance Directive

Organ Donation (powerpoint presentation)

Advance Directives and End-of-Life Decisions In Faith (powerpoint presentation)

Update on MOLST (powerpoint presentation)

http://associationdatabase.com/aws/OHPCO/asset_manager/get_file/20064 – Forms for the State of Ohio Living Will Declaration with Donor Registry Enrollment Form and State of Ohio Health Care Power of Attorney (website)

http://associationdatabase.com/aws/OHPCO/pt/sp/livingwills – Information about Ohio Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney with FAQ and links to forms including forms in Spanish and Large Print forms (website)

www.odh.ohio.gov/pdf/forms/dnrfrm.pdf – Ohio DNR Comfort Care Form and Directions (website)

www.odh.ohio.gov/odhprograms/dspc/dnr/DNRres.aspx – DNR jewelry, wallet card, and bracelet insert

www.respectingchoices.org – Respecting Choices, An advance care planning system that works

Past Conferences

2009 Conference Intro Remarks (powerpoint presentation)