Death and Dying

Latest News
• Advance Directives Found Key to Reducing Stress for Families of Hospitalized Patients at the End of Life (03/15/2001, National Institute of Nursing Research)

General/Overviews

• Dying Person's Guide to Dying (American College of Physicians)
• How To Help During the Final Weeks of Life (American College of Physicians)
• What To Do Before and After the Moment of Death (American College of Physicians)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Death (National Institutes of Health)

Coping

• Advanced Cancer: Living Each Day (National Cancer Institute)

Research

• Redefining End-of-Life Care For People With Dementia (Last Acts)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Advance Directives Found Key to Reducing Stress for Families of Hospitalized Patients at the End of Life (National Institute of Nursing Research)
• Assisted Suicide: A Disability Perspective (National Council on Disability)
• Autopsy: Post Mortem Examination (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Cancer Pain (American College of Physicians)
• End of Life Care (American Geriatrics Society)
• End-of-Life Care: Artificial Fluids and Nutrition (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• End-of-Life Care: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Fatigue (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)
• Management of Pain and Other Symptoms (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)
• Problems with Communication, Mental Confusion, and Seizures (American College of Physicians)
• Shortness of Breath (American College of Physicians)
• Viatical Settlements (Federal Trade Commission)

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• Glossary (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)

Law and Policy

• Advance Care Planning: Medical Care at the End of Life (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Advance Directives (American Health Care Association)
• Advance Directives (American Geriatrics Society)
• Advance Directives and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Ethics and Legal Issues in Palliative Care (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)

Organizations

• Last Acts (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Partnership for Caring

Statistics

• Leading Causes of Death (National Center for Health Statistics)

Children

• Death and Dying (Ambulatory Pediatric Association)
• Helping Younger People Cope with Death and Funerals (American College of Physicians)
• Palliative Care for Children (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Talking to Children About Death (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - links to PDF file