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New Pediatric and Southern or Southwestern Regional Palliative Care Leadership Centers

The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is now accepting Letters of Intent and Institutional Support online for qualified candidates to become one of the Palliative Care Leadership Centers - the nation’s premier training and mentoring initiative for palliative care program development and growth.

“One new pediatric PCLC and one new PCLC from select areas of the southern and southwestern regions of the U.S. will be chosen through a competitive call for proposals,” says Carol Sieger, CAPC Deputy Director.

The pediatric palliative care program applicants may be located anywhere in the continental U.S. while palliative care program applicants from the southern and southwestern regions of the U.S. must be located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma or Texas.

The application process consists of two steps. Qualifying applicants are required to first submit Letters of Intent and Institutional Support by March 15, 2008. Programs selected for further consideration will then be invited to submit full proposals.

To learn more and apply, palliative care programs meeting the criteria above can go to www.capc.org/pclc-rfp.

Palliative Care Blog Addresses End-of-Life Care

As our population ages, both in the real world and online, it's only natural that a palliative care Web site would begin to draw attention. Pallimed is geared toward clinicians who deal with geriatric patients and end-of-life care.

For the full story, click here.

Web site lists hospitals providing palliative care

The Center to Advance Palliative Care has launched a Web site containing palliative care information for patients, caregivers and policymakers. The site includes a description of palliative care services, a questionnaire to help consumers determine if palliative care is appropriate for them, and a national directory of hospitals providing palliative care, among other information.

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