Support is growing for new core principles
Support is growing for new core principles
Resources for your committee
The following organizations have formally adopted the core principles for end-of-life care as written:
• Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, 5824 N. Magnolia, Chicago, IL 60660. Telephone: (773) 784-2025. Fax: (773) 784-1304. E-mail: ApsychMed @aol.com. World Wide Web: http://www.apm. org.
• American Academy of Hospice and Pallia tive Medicine, 4700 W. Lake Ave., Glenview, IL 60025-1485. Telephone: (847) 375-4712. Fax: (847) 375-6312. E-mail: [email protected]. World Wide Web: http://www.aahpm.org.
• American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 9200 Daleview Court, Silver Spring, MD 20901. Telephone: (301) 439-8001. Fax: (301) 434-4118. E-mail: [email protected]. World Wide Web: http://www.abhpm.org.
• American College of Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062-2348. Telephone: (847) 498-1400. Fax: (847) 498-5460. E-mail: [email protected]. World Wide Web: http://www.chestnet.org.
• American Medical Association, 515 N. State St., Chicago, IL 60610. Telephone: (312) 464-5000. World Wide Web: http://www. ama-assn.org.
• American Pain Society, 4700 W. Lake Ave., Glenview, IL 60025. Telephone: (847) 375-4715. Fax: (847) 375-6315. E-mail: info@ ampainsoc.org. World Wide Web: http:// www.ampainsoc.org.
• National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd St., Suite 1100, New York, NY 10016. Telephone: (800) 622-9010 or (212) 889-2210. Fax: (212) 689-9261. E-mail: [email protected]. World Wide Web: http://www.kidney.org.
Groups adopting principles in part
The following organizations have adopted the core principles for end-of-life care with modifications:
• American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 N.W. Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098. Telephone: (847) 228-5005. Fax: (847) 228-5097. E-mail: [email protected]. World Wide Web: http://www.aap.org.
• American College of Physicians / American Society of Internal Medicine, 190 N. Indepen dence Mall W., Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572. Telephone: (800) 523-1546. World Wide Web: http://www.acponline.org.
• American College of Surgeons, 633 N. Saint Clair St., Chicago, IL 60611-3211. Telephone: (312) 202-5000. Fax: (312) 202-5001. E-mail: Postmaster @facs.org. World Wide Web: http://www.facs. org.
• American Geriatrics Society, 350 5th Ave., Suite 801, New York, NY 10118. Telephone: (212) 308-1414. Fax: (212) 832-8646. E-mail: info. [email protected]. World Wide Web: http://www.americangeriatrics.org.
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