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United States

American Association of Colleges of Nursing
       Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for End-of-Life Nursing Care

American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
       Position Statement: The Care of Dying Patients

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
       Cancer Care During the Last Phases of Life.
             J Clin Oncol 1998 May;16(5):1986-96.

Children's Hospice International (CHI)
       Standards for Hospice Care for Children

Grace Project
       End-of-Life Care Standards of Practice for Inmates in Correctional Settings

Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
       Pain Standards 2001
             In the Accreditation Manual for Hospitals
             Improving the Quality of Pain Management Through Measurement and Action

Last Acts
       Compendium of Guidelines and Position Statements
             [FullText PDF]
       Precepts of Palliative Care
             [FullText PDF]

Milbank Memorial Fund
       Principles for Care of Patients at the End of Life

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
       Hospice Standards of Practice (Cover Photo)
       Purchase - Find product # 711077

Australia
Palliative Care Australia - Publications
       Multicultural Palliative Care Guidelines
       Principles for the Provision of Bereavement Support
       Standards for Palliative Care Provision

Canada
Canadian Palliative Care Association
       Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care
       Nursing Standards
             Draft Standards (PDF)

New Zealand
Ministry of Health
       Palliative Care Strategy 2001

Volunteers

Hospice Association of Ontario
       Client Service Standards for the Volunteer Hospice Visiting Service

BC Hospice and Palliative Care Association
       The Caring Community: A Field Book for Hospice Palliative Care Services

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CAPCManual Attribution:  von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, Portenoy RK, Glajchen M, eds. CAPCManual: How to Establish A Palliative Care Program. New York, NY: Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2001.   © Center for Palliative Studies, San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care, San Diego, CA and
The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, 2001

Permission to reproduce for non-commercial educational purposes with display of attribution and copyright is granted.
Last updated: February 20, 2002

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