Association for Death Education and Counseling. The Association for Death Education and Counseling®, The Thanatology Association®, is one of the oldest interdisciplinary organizations in the field of dying, death and bereavement. Its nearly 2,000 members include a wide array of mental and medical health personnel, educators, clergy, funeral directors and volunteers. ADEC offers numerous educational opportunities through its annual conference, courses and workshops, its certification program, and resources.

NPCRC is a national initiative committed to stimulating, developing, and funding palliative care research directed at improving care for patients with serious illness and their families.

The mission of The EPEC Project is to increase the core skills of palliative care for all members of the interdisciplinary team. At the heart of the Project is the EPEC Curriculum. The EPEC Team invites members of the health care team to become EPEC Trainers. In this role, you will join a team of over 1,600 existing EPEC Trainers who are changing the experience of illness, dying, and bereavement for patients, families, and health care providers.

The AMDA Foundation, an independent not-for-profit organization, serves as the research arm of AMDA. The Foundation's mission is: "The AMDA Foundation advances excellence in patient care through research and its translation into long term care practice to support the members and mission of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)." The Foundation also takes an active role in outreach to residents, fellows and young career physicians with an interest in long term care.

The mission of the Lance Armstrong Foundation is to enhance the quality of survival of those diagnosed with, through, and beyond cancer. The LAF seeks to promote the optimal physical, psychological, and social recovery and care of cancer survivors and their loved ones.

Web site dedicated to long-term changes to improve health care for dying persons and their families through technical assistance to innovative demonstration projects addressing particular challenges to existing models of hospice and palliative care.

The purpose of EPERC is to assist physicians and other educators involved in all aspects of physician end of life (EOL) education through: - Brief abstracts describing peer-reviewed instructional and evaluation materials - A list of core resources for EOL educators and opportunities for training, extramural funding, and pending conferences Submission of educational materials is encouraged for peer review and potential inclusion on the site.