- American Academy of Pediatrics: Policy Statement RE0007 on Palliative Care for Children
American Academy Of Pediatrics, Committee on Bioethics and Committee on Hospital Care
"ABSTRACT: This statement presents an integrated model for providing palliative care for children living with a life-threatening or terminal condition. Advice on the development of a palliative care plan and on working with parents and children is also provided. Barriers to the provision of effective pediatric palliative care and potential solutions are identified..."
- Approaching death : improving care at the end of life / Committee on Care at the End of Life
From the Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Care Services, Committee on Care at the End of Life.
An excerpt from the Conclusion: "The analyses, conclusions, and recommendations presented here are offered with optimism that people, individually and together, can act to "approach" death constructively and reduce suffering at the end of life. This report identifies steps that can be taken to improve care at the end of life and to create a solid foundation for maintaining such improvements through difficult times. It also highlights the reasons for believing that professionals, policymakers, and the public are becoming more aware of what can and should be done and are ready to embrace change..."
Canadian Federal Government Initiatives
Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
"The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is a resource to hospitals and other healthcare settings interested in developing palliative care programs. CAPC is a national initiative supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with direction and technical assistance provided by Mount Sinai School of Medicine."
Facts On Dying: Policy relevant data on care at the end of life
"Good public policy must be informed by timely and accurate data. The Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is engaged in a five-year research effort to use both existing and new data collections to describe the dying experience in the United States of America utilizing maps which display geographical data about quality of end-of-life care."
New Zealand Palliative Care Strategy
Palliative Care As A Human Right
Produced by the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, King's College School of Medicine
Palliative Care Policy Center (PCPC)
"The Palliative Care Policy Center (PCPC) offers expert support to hospitals, nursing homes, health systems, hospices, and other organizations that serve individuals nearing the end of life. We seek to help you make breakthrough change happen in areas that matter to patients and families."
Principles for Care of Patients at the End of Life: An Emerging Consensus among the Specialties of Medicine; Christine K. Cassel and Kathleen M. Foley, December 1999
"This report describes an advance in clinical policy for care at the end of life: the adoption of Core Principles for End-of-Life Care by a substantial number of medical specialty societies."
Health Canada Palliative Care Reports And Publications