Browsers that can not handle javascript will not be able to access some features of this site.
Skip Navigation
Michigan Department of Community HealthMichigan.gov
Michigan.gov Home MDCH Home | Online Services | Sitemap | Contact MDCH
Printer Friendly Version Printer Friendly   Text Only Version Text Version  Share this page.
palliative chronic disease doctor taking man's blood pressure

• 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.

• Palliative Care Guidelines
The Institute of Medicine has identified end-of-life care as one of the priority areas to improve quality of health care. To that end, the American College of Physicians has developed clinical practice guidelines for improving the palliative care of pain, dyspnea and depression.

• 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.

• Palliative Care Brochure - English PDF icon
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 PDF icon
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.

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care PDF icon
Information from the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care - These Guidelines were developed through consensus of five major United States palliative care organizations and describe the core precepts and structures of clinical palliative care programs.

• 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. CAPC is a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality palliative care services for people facing serious illness. Direction and technical assistance are provided by Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

• GetPalliativeCare.org
Is your patient appropriate for a palliative care referral? A palliative care consultation will assist you in managing complex pain, symptoms, comorbidities, patient/family communication and other issues. This website is a wonderful resource for general information about PC, has a searchable database of hospitals with palliative care programs and a list of other organizations that can help.

• ShareTheCare.org
ShareTheCare.org is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating the public, health professionals and clergy about group caregiving as a proven option for meeting the needs of the seriously ill or dying, those in rehabilitiation, the elderly in need of assistance and their caregivers.

• CAPEWAYNE - Center to Advance Palliative Care Excellence
We are an interdisciplinary community of scholars, educators, researchers and clinicians dedicated to relieving the suffering of those with mortal illness and improving their quality of life. The Center provides resources to clinicians across disciplines and settings that practice palliative care. A practice of sharing is replacing competition and ensuring optimization of clinical care in our community.







Michigan Business One Stop
Link to Department and Agencies Web Site Index
Link to Statewide Online Services Index
Link to Statewide Web-based Surveys
Link to RSS feeds available on this site
Quick Links
 •  News Releases
 •  Careers & Internships
 •  Finding Free or Low-Cost Health Care
 •  Health Information Technology (HIT) Commission
 •  Office of Long-Term Care Supports and Services
 •  Influenza in Michigan
 •  Informed Consent for Abortion
 •  Find Shortcuts to MDCH Web Topics
 •  MDCH Brochures Available for Download
 •  Emerging Diseases
 •  Might I be eligible for benefits? Click here to find out
 •  GENDIS - Genealogical Data

Michigan.gov Home | MDCH Home | Contact MDCH | State Web Sites
Privacy Policy | Link Policy | Accessibility Policy | Security Policy | Michigan News | Michigan.gov Survey

Copyright © 2001-2009 State of Michigan