Death and Dying

The primary NIH organization for research is National Institute of Mental Health

General/ Overviews

• Advance Care Planning: Medical Care at the End of Life (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Advance Directives (American Geriatrics Society)
• Advance Directives (American Health Care Association)
• Advance Directives and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: What You Need to Know (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Advance Directives for End-of-Life Medical Decisions (American Medical Association)
• Dying Person's Guide to Dying (American College of Physicians)

Children

• Death and Dying (Ambulatory Pediatric Association)
• Talking to Children About Death (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - links to PDF file

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Death (National Institutes of Health)

Directories

• Find A Hospice (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)

Organizations

• Last Acts (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Partnership for Caring

Seniors

• End of Life Care (American Geriatrics Society)

Specific Conditions/ Aspects

• Assisted Suicide: A Disability Perspective (National Council on Disability)
• Autopsy: Post Mortem Examination (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Autopsy: Understanding Life after Death (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Viatical Settlements (Federal Trade Commission)
• What Is Hospice Care? (American Cancer Society)