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Physicians can refer patients to the Palliative Care Consult Service by telephoning:
919-843-3650
Palliative Care Consult Service at UNC Hospitals
The following are links to palliative care and hospice resources.
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
The American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American College of Physicians Home Care Guide for Advanced Cancer
American Society for Bioethics + Humanities
Association for Death Education and Counseling - The Thanatology Association
Bereavement Self Help
Caregiving in the US - National Alliance for Caregiving and the AARP - 2004
Center to Advance Palliative Care - (CAPC) is a resource to hospitals and health systems interested in developing palliative care programs.
Growth House Inc. (Hospice-Bereavement-HIV Links-Free Home Pages)
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Hospice Foundation of America
Hospice Foundation of America has developed a new online consumer database that lists hospices in North American and the U.S. territories. The free service, named HospiceDirectory.org, allows families and individuals to locate a hospice within their community easily and quickly, while also providing reliable and easy-to-follow information about hospice and end-of-life care.
Hospice Recording, Together We Can Heal , Pikes Peak Hospice
Immunet - AIDS Service Organization
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
Last Acts -- a campaign to improve care at the end of life
National Family Caregivers Association
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
National Prison Hospice Association
Project on Death in America: July 1994 - December 1997 Report of Activities
Project on Death in America: January 2001–December 2003 Report of Activities
Last updated 4/29/2008.
For questions about the webpage, please email cahinfo@med.unc.edu.