Below are links to external websites which have been compiled and evaluated by BC Cancer Agency librarians according to our established Inclusion/Removal Policy. For information about palliative care from the BC Cancer Agency website see Coping with Cancer: Palliative Support.

For information in other languages see Websites in Other Languages.

For Patients/Public

Good places to start   

• Canadian Virtual Hospice
• End-of-Life Care (Cancer.Net)
• End-of-Life Care: Questions and Answers (US National Cancer Institute)
• Hospice Care (American Cancer Society)
• Hospice Care (MedlinePlus)
• Last Days of Life (US National Cancer Institute)
• Living with Advanced Cancer (Canadian Cancer Society)
• Nearing the End of Life (American Cancer Society)
• Palliative Care (MedlinePlus)

More palliative care/hospice websites

• British Columbia Hospice/Palliative Care Association
• Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
• Cancer-Pain.org
• Caring Connections (US)
• Caring to the End of Life
• Edmonton Regional Palliative Care Program 
• Growth House 
• International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care 
• Life Before Death
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (US)
• Palliative Care Info-Sheet for Seniors (Public Health Agency of Canada)
• Palliative.Info
• UBC Division of Palliative Care

BC/Yukon palliative care/hospice/end-of-life care websites

Vancouver Island Health Authority

• Hospice Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

• Hospice Palliative Care
• In Hospice
• In the Hospital
• In Residential Care

Fraser Health Authority

• Hospice Palliative Care

Interior Health Authority

• End-of-Life/Hospice/Palliative Care

Northern Health Authority

• End-of-Life Care/Hospice Palliative Care
• Home Health

Yukon Health and Social Services

• Palliative Care Program

BC Children's Hospital

• Palliative Care

Palliative care benefits websites

• BC Palliative Care Benefits Program (BC Ministry of Health Services)

Multimedia

• Canadian Virtual Hospice YouTube Channel  - provides a series of caregiving demonstrations

For Researchers/Clinicians

Practice guidelines

• Hospice Palliative Care Symptom Guidelines (Fraser Health BC)
• Palliative Care for the Patient with Incurable Cancer or Advanced Disease-Part 1: Approach to Care (BC)

Reports

• Quality of Death

NOTE: While the BC Cancer Agency Library has selected and evaluated these "Recommended Links", we cannot guarantee the function, accuracy or currency of the websites and the information contained within them. Please read the BC Cancer Agency's Terms of Use for further information.