End-of-Life

MEDLINEplus Health Information: Death and Dying
MEDLINEplus provides quality health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. This page includes links to resources for general information and overviews, as well as topics including clinical trials, coping, research, law and policy, and others. Information is also available in Spanish. See related MEDLINEplus pages for information on Bereavement, and Hospice care.

All About Hospice: A Consumer's Guide
This brochure from the Hospice Association of America (HAA) provides an overview of hospice services and costs as well as a consumer checklist for evaluating hospice options. To order a print copy of this brochure, call HAA's publications department at 202/546-4759.

Hospice Network of Maryland
This is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting quality end-of-life care for terminally ill patients in the State of Maryland. Visit this site for answers to commonly asked questions, a county directory for hospice care in Maryland, recommended readings, and related hospice links.

Advance Directives
Howard County General Hospital provides information to inform patients of their rights to make decisions concerning their own medical care to guide them in preparing advance directives. Model forms for preparing advance directives are included.

End-of-Life Tools
This resource comes from the PBS television series On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying. The resources on this site address planning, advance directives, hospice and support. The Patient Tools section features a spiritual assessment inventory and an assessment of beliefs about death and dying. The Final Days section of this site includes an article examining dying as a spiritual event.