For CLINICIANS
“The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated.”
Center to Advance Palliative Care
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality, equitable health care for people living with serious illness. As the nation’s leading resource in its field, CAPC provides health care professionals and organizations with the training, tools, and technical assistance necessary to effectively meet this need.
Palliative Referral Guidelines
Get Palliative Care offers concise guidelines to help you figure out if your patient is appropriate for a palliative care referral. A palliative care consultation will assist you in managing complex pain, symptoms, comorbidities, patient/family communication and other issues. Palliative care teams will also save you time.
Quick Guides
These provider guides and videos brought to you by Vital Talks deal with a variety of topics, including dealing with conflicts, giving serious news, discussing prognosis, responding to emotion, and more.
Serious Illness Conversation Guide
This resource from Ariadne Labs is a guide that helps you structure conversations about the difficult topics of serious illness, death and dying in a patient-centered and efficient way.
Webinar Series in Palliative Care
Designed by the MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care, this webinar series provides continuing education for palliative providers.
JAMA End-of-Life Care
Here is a collection of the latest publications from JAMA related to end-of-life care.
Palliative Care Fast Facts and Concepts
Fast Facts is a free online database that provides concise, practical, peer-reviewed and evidence-based summaries on key palliative care topics important to clinicians and trainees caring for patients facing serious illness.
Fast Article Critical Summaries for Clinicians in Palliative Care
PC-FACS is an electronic publication that provides you with concise summaries of the most important findings from more than 100 medical and scientific journals. Access requires membership in the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM).
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
A list of NHPCO’s educational offerings to advance your knowledge, competency, and practice in the fields of hospice and palliative care.