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• Mercy Health Establishes Palliative Care Demonstration Project
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• Multi-Media Technology Could Advance Palliative Care
• Music and Being: Reflections of a Music Thanatologist
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• New Last Acts Project Helps Move Palliative Care from Theory to Practice
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• No Better Than Average: Last Acts Report Card Ranks States on End-of-Life Care
• No Moral Imperative To Prolong Death*
• No One Dies Alone
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• PACE is a Model for Excellence in End-of-Life Care
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• PBS Station Produces an End-of-Life Resource Guide
• Personal Story: Celi Adams
• Promote end-of-life conversation through community education, outreach, and dialogue
• Reflections on PBS Series "On Our Own Terms"
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• Roles of Data Collection, Evaluation and Research in Pediatric Palliative Care
• Rural vs. Urban Health Care at the End of Life
• Sacred Ritual for the Care of the Body at the Time of Death
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• Skilled Nursing Facility Excels in End-of-Life Care
• Special Report: CALL Care Project - Life Lessons in Affirming Healing Care
• Sr. Karin Assumes Leadership of Coalition
• St. Mary's Leads End-of-Life Care Improvements
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• Standing Vigil: PRESENCE Looks Back at Its First Year
• Supportive End-of-Life Care for Residents at Maryville Nursing Home
• Susan's Journey and My Reflections
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• The Child Life Specialist: A Unique Resource at the End of Life
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• The Morgue: A Sacred Place
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• The Philadelphia Story 2001
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• 2008
• Circle of Life Recognition Includes Citation to Coalition Member Facility
• Coalition's Focus on Excellence in Palliative Care Included in Article Describing Support and Opposition to Washington State's Death with Dignity Initiative
• Congress Recordings Available
• Congress Recordings Available at end of June
• Department of Veterans Affairs Reports VA is Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care
• Electronic POLST Registry to Ensure Wishes and Serve as National Model
• End of Life Report by GAO Available
• JCAHO Palliative Care Proposal Field Reviews
• National Advance Healthcare Decision Making Day April 16
• No One Dies Alone Program and Volunteer Featured
• POLST Pilot Project and Advances in California
• Rise in Hospital Palliative Care Programs - Catholic Institution One Common Thread
• Supportive Voice Newsletter Features a Taste of National Congress
• The Law the Talk and the Care
• 2007
• ABMS Subspecialty Certification in Palliative Medicine Next Year
• Audio Conference Explores Utilization of Community-Based Hospice
• California Assembly Judiciary Committee Okays Assisted Suicide Bill
• CAPC Offers New Palliative Care Discussion Forum
• CAPC Offers New Palliative Care Web Site
• Circle of Life Award Applications Deadline is September 14
• City of Hope Project Seeks Applicants
• CMS Releases Proposal for 2008 Wage Index for Hospice
• Coalition Audio Conference Draws Broad Audience
• Coalition Audio Conference Opportunity March 14
• Coalition Board Chair Assumes New Role at Trinity
• Coalition Offers Palliative Care Audio Conference Opportunity in September
• Coalition Response to AAHPM Change in Position on PAS
• Family Caregivers Help Shape New Resource Tools
• Growing Older in America The Health and Retirement Study
• Guide to Caring for Jewish Patients and Families at the End of Life
• National Advance Directives Campaign
• National Congress 2008
• National Healthcare Decisions Day Set for April 16, 2008
• National Quality Forum Report for Palliative and Hospice Care
• National Quality Forum Seeks Nominations for Culturally Competent Care Project
• New Ethics Newsletter From Catholic Health Association
• New Ethics Newsletter From Catholic Health Association
• New Palliative Care Web Site from CAPC
• Oregon's Death with Dignity Act 2006 Annual Report Released
• Pain and Policy Group Releases Updated Guide and Report Card
• Palliative Care Research Grants Awarded
• Pope Benedict XVIs Message for World Day of the Sick
• Putting Evidence into Practice Cards Available from Oncology Nursing Society
• SpeakUp for National Family Caregivers Month
• Spirituality and Health Care Graduate Program Seeking Applicants
• Supportive Voice Articles Referenced at Health Reform Briefing
• The NQF Framework and the NCP Guidelines
• Washington Post Article Examines Growing Practice of Palliative Care
• 2006
• AMA Resolution Establishes Specialty Section Council on Pain and Palliative Medicine
• American Cancer Society Extends Research Grant Application Deadline
• Applicants Sought for Advocating for Clinical Excellence Educational Project
• Bon Secours Health System to Join Coalition in January
• Catholic Healthcare West Joins Coalition
• CHA Call for Nominations
• Coalition Audioconference Opportunity
• Coalition Letter to Health Care Working Group
• Coalition Member Facility Recognized with Circle of Life Award
• Deadline Looms for Comment on Working Group Recommendations
• Final Recommendations Released by Health Care Working Group
• Final Working Group Recommendations to be Released
• Hospital Palliative Care Programs Continue Rapid Growth
• OSF Healthcare Joins Supportive Care Coalition
• Palliative Care Partnership Taps Expertise of Former Coalition Executive Director
• Prime Opportunity for Advocacy
• Provena Joins Coalition
• Recovering Our Traditions Conference Materials Available
• Spirituality Initiative Focus of Supportive Voice Special Edition
• Summer 2006 Issue of Supportive Voice Available
• 2005
• Sr. Karin Dufault Named Executive Director of Coalition