Consumer Resources

Resources for Advance Directives

State Attorneys General websites
http://www.naag.org/issue-endoflife-state_listing.php

Beliefnet.com: both faith-based and secular living will forms and other resources for thinking about end-of-life issues
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/162/story_16281_1.html

Caring Connections (NHPCO): advance directive forms and other information for consumers
http://www.caringinfo.org

Aging with Dignity: the “five wishes” form and other information
http://www.agingwithdignity.org

AARP: end-of-life materials
http://www.aarp.org/life/endoflife

Publications/Resources—End of Life Issues

Center for Practical Bioethics: State Initiatives to Improve End-of-Life Care
http://www.practicalbioethics.org/cpb.aspx?pgID=895

Means to a Better End: A Report on Dying in America Today
http://www.nwf.org/news/special/means.html

Facts on Dying: Policy Relevant Data on Care at the End of Life
http://www.chor.brown.edu/dying/factsondying.htm

American Psychological Association: Diversity Issues in End of Life Decision Making
http://www.apa.org/pi/eol/diversity.html

Publications/Resources—Pain Management

Achieving Balance in Federal and State Pain Policy: A Progress Report Card
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy/2003_balance/

Federation of State Medical Boards: Model Policy for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain
http://www.fsmb.org

Pain and the Law
http://www.painandthelaw.org

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