Description The EPEC Project—Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care—was developed by the AMA and funded by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It is designed to educate all US physicians on the essential clinical competencies required to provide quality end-of-life care. Here's the entire Participants Handbook for the seminar that they do (which by the way, we heartily recommend).
Description ABCD aims to improve end-of-life care by learning which social and political changes will lead to enduring, efficient, and effective programs.
Description An international organization, "ADEC provides information, support and resources to its multicultural membership and, through them, to the public." This is largely an educational and credentialing organization.
Description A consumer oriented outreach of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, this site has a great deal of educational and practical information about end-of-life care issues, including advance directives.
Description The Center to Advance Palliative Care provides health care professionals with the tools and training necessary to start and sustain successful palliative care programs.
Description The overall goals of the End-of-Life Care Curriculum for Medical Teachers are to enhance physician skills in End-of-Life Care, foster a commitment to improving care for the dying, improve the dying experience for patients, families, and health care providers, and improve teaching related to End-of-Life Care.