Hospice Care Health information topics about Hospice Care: Children 1. Differences between Hospice Care for Children and Children's Hospice International http://www.chionline.org/resources/difference.phtml 2. About Children's Hospice, Palliative, and End Children's Hospice International http://www.chionline.org/resources/about.phtml Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Palliative Care National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=%22palliative+care%22&recruit... Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Glossary Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care http://www.stoppain.org/education_research/glossary.html Directories 1. Find a Hospice Program National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nhpco.org/custom/directory/ 2. American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine http://www.abhpm.org/Locator.aspx Financial Issues 1. Who Pays for Hospice Care? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_2_5x_what_pays_for_hospice_ca... Law and Policy 1. Hospice Services (Medicaid) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/services/hospice.asp 2. Hospice (Medicare) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/refhospice.asp 3. Ethics and Legal Issues in Palliative Care Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care http://www.stoppain.org/palliative_care/ethics.html National Institutes of Health 1. Hospice National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_6.htm Organizations 1. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nhpco.org/ 2. Children's Hospice International http://www.chionline.org/ 3. National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/ Overviews 1. Hospice Care: When Comfort, Not Cure, Is the Focus Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00860 2. What Is Hospice Care? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_2_5x_what_is_hospice_care.asp... Related Issues 1. Communicating Your End-of-Life Wishes National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nhpco.org/files/public/NHF_brochure_Pink_Communicating.pdf 2. Helping You Choose Quality Home Care and Hospice S Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos... 3. How to Select a Care Provider National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3282 4. CarePlanner Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.careplanner.org/ 5. JAMA Patient Page: Palliative Care American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZYUGDYYXC&sub_... 6. What Questions Should I Ask about Hospice Care? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_2_5x_what_questions_should_i_... Research 1. Research Shows That Distinct Patterns of Functiona National Institute of Nursing Research http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2003/ninr-13.htm Specific Conditions 1. Hospice Care in the Nursing Home American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/250.xml Statistics 1. FASTATS: Home Health Care National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homehealthcare.htm 2. New Report Profiles Hospice Care in the United Sta National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/03facts/hospicecare.htm   Recommended Resources: [CaRP] Can't open cache file. [CaRP] Unable to create/open RSS cache file. [CaRP] Failed to open file: /home/medidir/public_html/carp/autocache/f08f308c2a734eff75114115a30d9d37 [CaRP] Can't open remote newsfeed.