The Dying Well Web site has resources for people facing life-limiting illness, their families, and their professional caregivers.

The Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College focuses on bioethical health issues such as cloning, physician-assisted suicide, managed care, and genetic engineering. A consumer workbook and video discusses end-of-life decisions, including how to assign a medical proxy, or health care agent. Help is available for patients, families, and medical professionals working through difficult ethical decisions that arise in health care.

Caring Connections, a program of the U.S. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), seeks to improve care at the end of life. Caring Connections provides free resources, including educational brochures, advance directives and hospice information, and a toll-free help line for people looking for quality end-of-life information.

Compassionate Friends is an organization that helps family members through the grieving process when they have lost a child.

The Growth House Web site provides resources for life-threatening illness and end-of-life care.

This federal agency provides guides and other information on Medicare. The Official U.S. Government Site for People With Medicare (http://www.medicare.gov) provides useful information about Medicare enrollment, coverage, billing, appeals, and drug discount cards, as well as the latest Medicare policy changes impacting older Americans. Information on the Medicare Hospice Benefit and how to choose a nursing home is also included.

The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) provides information on funeral services.

The U.S. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) offers information on local hospice and palliative care programs across America. NHPCO is committed to improving end-of-life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of improving quality of life for dying people and their loved ones.