Death & Dying

General

Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD) http://www.abcd-caring.org/

Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) http://www.funerals.org/

Growth House, Inc. Resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care. http://www.growthhouse.org/

Specific topics

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

Advance Directives by State: New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) http://www.noah-health.org/en/rights/endoflife/adforms.html / en Español

Put it in Writing: American Hospital Association (AHA) http://www.putitinwriting.org / en Español

CHILD DEATH

Compassionate Friends: supporting family after a child dies http://www.compassionatefriends.org / en Español

M.I.S.S. Foundation (Mothers in Sympathy and Support)  http://www.misschildren.org / en Español

HOSPICE / PALLIATIVE CARE

Hospice Foundation of America http://www.hospicefoundation.org/

Hospice Net. For patients and families facing life-threatening illness. http://www.hospicenet.org/

Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care (IPPC) Enhancing family-centered care for children with life-threatening conditions. http://www.ippcweb.org/home.asp

Partnership for Caring http://www.partnershipforcaring.org/

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nhpco.org / en Español

SUICIDE

American Association of Suicidology http://www.suicidology.org/

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention http://www.afsp.org/

Suicide.org - Suicide prevention, awareness, support http://www.suicide.org/