Resources

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition

National consensus guidelines outlining eight domains of quality palliative care.

Spiritual Care: Tools and Resources

CAPC toolkit with research, tools, and training resources for spiritual care in serious illness.

Communication Skills Training

CAPC online curriculum on serious-illness communication.

Leading Goals of Care Conversations

Course and conversation script for structuring goals-of-care discussions.

Conversation Script: Goals of Care

Practical script and language examples for goals-of-care conversations.

Palliative care – Fact sheet

Global WHO fact sheet summarizing palliative care needs, access gaps, and policy priorities.

Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life

Foundational atlas quantifying global need for palliative care at the end of life.

Spiritual Care Guide in Hospice Palliative Care

Guide describing a spiritual care model and process for adult hospice and palliative patients.

An EAPC white paper on multi-disciplinary education for spiritual care in palliative care

EAPC consensus paper on spiritual care education competencies.

Pain Control for People with Cancer and AIDS

Global cancer and AIDS pain burden, WHO analgesic ladder, and opioid access issues.

Global Outlook on Palliative Care in Cancer

Review of global access to opioids for cancer pain.

Only 1 in 10 people who need palliative care, receive it

UN News article summarizing WHO data on global palliative care need and access.

Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief

Overview of the Lancet Commission's serious health-related suffering framework.

NHPCO Facts and Figures, 2024 Edition

Annual U.S. hospice statistics including Medicare hospice beneficiaries and utilization.

Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice Palliative Care

Edited volume comparing religious concepts of a good death across major traditions.

End-of-Life Care Considerations for Muslim Patients

Clinical Fast Fact on Islamic perspectives on suffering, opioids, life support, and DNR.

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Muslims

Practical tips on prayer, opioids, sedation, life support, and organ donation for Muslim patients.

The Moral Status of Organ Donation and Transplantation Within Islamic Law

Detailed FCNA fatwa on organ donation and transplantation in Islam.

Do not resuscitate, brain death, and organ transplantation: Islamic perspectives

Review of Islamic legal and ethical perspectives on DNR, brain death, and organ transplantation.

Faith Engagement – Faith Communities for End of Life Options

Toolkit and stories for faith leaders addressing end-of-life options.

Editorial note: Included for its faith engagement toolkit resources. Values in Care does not endorse all positions held by this organization.

Healthcare Inequities in Palliative Care

Policy brief on inequities in palliative care access among underserved populations.

Global Assessment of Palliative Care Need: Serious Health-Related Suffering Measurement Methodology

Updated analysis of serious health-related suffering and palliative care need.

Community-Based Interventions in People with Palliative Care Needs: An Integrative Review of Studies from 2017 to 2022

Review of community-based palliative interventions and WHO estimates of global need.

Goals-of-Care Conversations: 3 Ways to Improve Your Skills

Key steps and training resources for goals-of-care discussions.