Hospices / Palliative Care

 Help the Hospices

The national charity for the hospice movement.

 Hospice Information

Hospice information is a partnership between St. Christopher's Hospice and Help the Hospices. It is a worldwide resource for professionals and the public that encourages sharing of information and experience amongst those involved in palliative care. Offers a comprehensive enquiry service and statistical information. Publications include UK and International Directories, a weekly electronic news bulletin, quarterly magazine, listings of educational and job opportunities, and a range of practical advice and information leaflets and reports.

 Children's Hospice Association Scotland

CHAS is a Scottish charity committed to the provision of children's hospice services in Scotland, working exclusively with children with life-limiting conditions and their families.

 Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool

Information for Patients and Carers. Includes information called 'Coping with Dying'.

 End of Life Care Programme

To improve the quality of care at the end of life for all patients and enable more patients to live and die in the place of their choice.

 National Council for Palliative Care

The umbrella organisation for all those who are involved in providing, commissioning and using hospice and palliative care services in England, Wales & Northern Ireland.

 Scottish Partnership Agency For Palliative & Cancer Care

The national umbrella and representative body for palliative care in Scotland. It is an independent body with charitable status set up in 1991 to promote the extension and improvement of palliative care services throughout Scotland.

 Glasgow Palliative Care Information Network

Information about palliative care services in and around Glasgow,includes a public and professional section and a variety of links to other validated sources of information.

 Halley Stewart Library at St Christopher's Hospice

Offersreference lists for both patients, carers and health professionals onpalliative care and bereavement issues, in particular.

 Ruby Care Foundation

A registered Charity dedicated to the care of the terminally ill, companionship of the dying, and support and counsel for the bereaved. They work towards the best possible mental, emotional and spiritual back-up and care for everyone involved when death and dying are near.

 Association of Childrens Hospices

The Association of Children's Hospices (ACH) is a registered charity which brings together over 40 voluntary sector children's hospice services throughout the UK dedicated to the care of children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families.

  DIPEx

DIPEx (Database of Individual Patient Experiences) is an Oxford based registered charity. It is a database of audio, video and transcript of interviews with patients experiencing a particular illness or health problem. Includes a module called 'living with dying'.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.