Resources
For information for professionals working in pediatric palliative care visit the SickKids Palliative Care Service’s website:
http://www.sickkids.ca/ProgramsandServices/Palliative-and-Bereavement-Care/index.html
For many wonderful resources of books, music, DVDs and videos about palliative care visit the Canadian Virtual Hospice website:
http://www.virtualhospice.ca/Resources/ListMediaCategory.asp
For an index of journals and information on pediatric palliative care visit the WHO Pain and Palliative Care Communications Program website: http://whocancerpain.wisc.edu/?q=node/2
For over 400 books, videos, and audios to help children and adults through serious illness, death and dying, grief, bereavement, and losses of all kinds visit the Compassion Books website: http://www.compassionbooks.com/store/
Information for health care professionals, children and parents can be found at the Centre for Pediatric Pain Research website: http://pediatric-pain.ca/
**This organization will be holding their 7th Biennial International Forum on Pediatric Pain October 2-5, 2008 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Information on this Forum, as well as previous Forums can be found at:
http://pediatricpain.ca/professional/internationalForum
Children’s Project on Palliative/Hospice Services (ChiPPS) has a great website at: http://nhpco.org
Their monthly newsletter and news updates can be found at: http://nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index
To find resources for training opportunities go to: http://www.cihr.ca/e/8178.html
