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The Conversation Project (US) Dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care with families and health care providers.

CSPCP position on Supreme Court of Canada ruling Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians statement following the Supreme Court of Canada ruling on February 2015 lifting...

Decision Making About Your Care This document provides information and things to consider regarding advance care planning

Engage With Grace Website with one important slide/message intended to encourage/initiate conversations with those close to us, regarding our...

Facing Death (Frontline documentary) Facing Death (Frontline documentary) PBS Broadcast "Facing Death" - Available to view on-line This documentary takes a closer...

Family Communication Guide This booklet will help you talk about your illness with your loved ones and caregivers, and talk about what you want for...

Hard Choices for Loving People: CPR, Artificial Feeding, Comfort Care and the Patient With Life-Threatening Illness The purpose of this 80-page booklet, based on chaplaincy experience and medical research, is to provide information and examples...

Health Care Directive - Example An example of a health care directive developed by Dr. Mike Harlos.

How to Die Well Published in The Huffington Post

I Don’t Want Jenny To Think I’m Abandoning Her: Views On Overtreatment A palliative care physician helps a cancer patient cope with her coming death, while her oncologist struggles to give up...