An international organization of physicians dedicated to the advancement of hospice and palliative medicine in the management of the terminally ill.

The purpose of the COHPPRC is to serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate information and resources that will enable other individuals and institutions to improve the quality of pain management. The COHPPRC is a central source for collecting a variety of materials including pain assessment tools, patient education materials, quality assurance materials, research instruments and other resources.

This project/web site is designed to bring palliative and end-of-life care education to all undergraduate medical students and clinical postgraduate trainees at Canada's seventeen Medical Schools.

EPERC is a central repository for educational materials and information about end of life (EOL) issues.

The Barbara Ziegler Palliative Care Education Program (ZPEP) at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is dedicated to the promotion and advancement of pain and palliative care education and research activities.

The EPEC Project, through the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, teaches fundamental palliative care skills in communication, ethical decision-making, psychosocial considerations, and symptom management.

The Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care (IPPC) represents a consortium of organizations joining forces to improve the care and the quality of life for terminal children.

The non-profit National Pain foundation was founded in 1998 to support patients in pain, as well as families and practitioners with peer-reviewed information. This site serves as an on-line educational tool and community resource.

The report examines what we know about the needs of dying children and their families, the extent to which such needs are and are not being met, and what can be done to provide more competent, compassionate, and consistent care.