Links
The purpose of the Patient and Family Page is to raise public awareness of the quality of end-of-life care they should expect to receive and the components of that care.
Advance Care Planning
Death
Grief and Emotions
West Virginia Links
AARP
Health Care at WVU
Hospice Council of West Virginia
West Academy of Family Physicians
West Virginia Aging & Disability Resource Center
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
West Virginia Cancer Pain Initiative
West Virginia Caregivers
West Virginia Health Care Association
West Virginia Health Care Authority
West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act
Changes in West Virginia Law under the New West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act
West Virginia Hospital Association
West Virginia Medical Institute
West Virginia Palliative Care Delivery Systems
WVU Health Sciences Library
WV Seniors
WV Senior Care
West Virginia Writers, Inc.
WV Bureau of Senior Services
Links of Interest
Aging with Dignity
Alzheimer's Association - West Virginia Chapter
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Hospice Foundation
American Pain Foundation
American Pain Society
Caring Connections (Information for Consumers)
Center to Advance Palliative Care
Center to Improve Care of the Dying
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Edmonton Palliative Care Program
Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care
End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium
End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center
Growth House
Hospice Association of America
Hospice Foundation of America
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation
Innovations in End-of-Life Care
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
(search: end of life)
Institute of Palliative Care in Ottawa
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Mayday Pain Project
MedlinePlus: Death and Dying
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
National Institute for Healthcare Research
New England Journal of Medicine
Partnership for Caring
Project on Death in America
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
Respecting Choices
Roxane Pain Institute
Supportive Care of the Dying
Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End-of-Life
Helen R. Nash Memorial Library
Helen R. Nash Memorial Library
Outstanding Palliative Care Resources Available for Borrowing
Through the generous contributions of the grateful family and friends of Helen R. Nash, and a grant from the Project on Death in America Social Work Leadership Project, the Center for Health Ethics and Law has established the Helen R. Nash Memorial Library. Prior to her death, Mrs. Nash had been seen by the Morgantown Regional Palliative Care Team.With the encouragement of the family, educational materials on Palliative Care have been purchased for use by health care professionals and the public in West Virginia. The Nash Memorial Library holdings include best-selling books on death and dying, the Bill Moyers' Public Broadcasting Series, “On Our Own Terms,” other video tapes on advance care planning and grieving, and brochures for the public on what they should know about pain and its treatment.Some of the books available for loan include:Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, East of the Mountains by David Guterson, Dying Well:Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life by Ira Byock, and Handbook for Mortals:Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness by Lynn and Harrold.A complete list of the holdings is available from the Center for Health Ethics and Law (call the toll free number 877-209-8086) or by clicking on the Library holdings link.
Library Holdings
There is no charge for borrowing the end-of-life resources from the library. If you would like to borrow a resource from the Nash Library, please email Linda McMillen at lmcmillen@hsc.wvu.edu. Resources are on loan for a two week period unless a longer time is specifically requested and agreed upon.