• Adult Palliative Care Program, University of Michigan Health System
Palliative Care Consultation offers active, comprehensive support for managing patients with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions. Palliative care can be appropriate at all stages of illness, not just the terminal phase, and can be provided at the same time as active or life-prolonging treatments.

• Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a nationwide network of people dedicated to working together to advance research, support patients and create hope for those affected by pancreatic cancer.

• National Cancer Institute
The U.S. National Institutes of Health provides a variety of useful information about coping with cancer and its side effects, such as anxiety, pain, nutritional concerns, etc.

• Center to Advance Palliative Care
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) provides health care professionals with the tools, training and technical assistance necessary to start and sustain successful palliative care programs in hospitals and other health care settings.

• The EPEC Project
Our mission is to educate all healthcare professionals on the essential clinical competencies in palliative care.

• Living and Dying Well with Cancer 
Living and Dying Well with Cancer, Successfully Integrating Pallative Care and Cancer Treatment, a publication of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• IASP Declares Global Year Against Cancer Pain
"Raising Awareness, Improving Treatment, Growing Support" Campaign Highlights Pain in People with Cancer Worldwide

• New Web site offers information for those who suffer from cancer pain 
The Michigan Cancer Pain Initiative has opened a new website for the organization whose mission is to help people suffering from cancer pain and those who support them. Located at www.mipain.org, the site offers resources for those suffering from pain, health care providers and policymakers.

• Palliative Care Brochure - English 
A two page brochure for patients to provide information about palliative and hospice care. A publication of the Center for Health Professions, San Francisco, California.

• Palliative Care Brochure - Spanish 
A two page brochure for patients to provide information about palliative and hospice care. A publication of the Center for Health Professions, San Francisco, California.

• Census of Hospital-based Palliative Care Programs 
Census of Hospital-based Palliative Care Programs, Presentation by Kay Presby, MPH, RN, Michigan Cancer Consortium

• Michigan 2006 Palliative Care Census Project
The purpose of this project was to assess the availability and scope of palliative care services in Michigan hospitals.

• Michigan 2006 Palliative Care Census: Executive Summary 
Michigan 2006 Palliative Care Census: Executive Summary

• World Health Organization - Palliative Care
In most of the world, the majority of cancer patients are in advanced stages of cancer when first seen by a medical professional. For them, the only realistic treatment option is pain relief and palliative care. Effective approaches to palliative care are available to improve the quality of life for cancer patients.

• Palliative Care Resources 
A list of valuable links to palliative care resources. Be sure to read on to page 3 for the "Palliative Care Module Links to Evidence-based Interventions".