Guidelines

Identifying Patients in Need of a Palliative Care Assessment in the Hospital Setting:  

Policies and Tools for Hospital Palliative Care Programs

National Consensus Project

Crosswalk of JCAHO Standards and Palliative Care — Policies, Procedures and Assessment Tools

Palliative Care: An Opportunity for Medicare

International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care

Promotes and develops palliative care practices throughout the world.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)

Provides the best way to keep yourself informed of all the changes occurring within hospice and palliative care.

Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care

A national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes to improve health care for dying people and their families.