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TREATMENT DECISION MAKING

Regulatory/authoritative sites

American Geriatrics Society. Guidelines and Position Statements

AGS Ethics Committee. Making treatment decisions for incapacitated elderly patients without advance directives.

AGS Ethics Committee. Physician assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia.

American Medical Directors Association (AMDA).

• Resource Library
• White Pages
• Policy Papers and Position Statements

Innovations on-line, an online journal
Innovations in End-of-Life Care - http://www2.edc.org/lastacts/

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Caring Connections. http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
Advance Directive Documents State-specific: Documents and instructions for every state can be opened as a PDF file. Click on "Advance Directives: Download State Specific Documents." Topics on symptom management end of life care and decisions, and caregiving also available.

American Geriatrics Society. (2001). Guidelines and Position Statements:
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/products/positionpapers/

American Medical Directors Association (AMDA). (2004). Resource Library: http://www.amda.com/library/

Practicing Physician Education in Geriatrics http://www.gericareonline.net/

National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners: Home Page: http://www.ncgnp.org

National Gerontological Nursing Association: Home Page: http://www.ngna.org/

The Gerontological Society of America: Home Page:
http://www.geron.org/

United States Department of Health and Human Services: Home Page: http://www.hhs.gov/

Last updated - September 2005