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	Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care URL: http://www.ippcweb.org/ ODP description: Desire to enhance family centered care for children living with life threatening conditions through education, research, and quality improvement. Page title: Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care (IPPC): Curriculum
	Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition URL: http://www.childrenshospice.org/ ODP description: Promotes family-centered care for children with life-threatening illness by reducing physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological pain for the entire family. [California] Page title: Children's Hospice an Palliative Care Coalition Page description: Children's Hospice & Palliative Care Coalition - Partnership for Children promotes family-centered care for children with life-threatening illness by reducing physical,emotional, spiritual and psychological pain for the entire family. Bringing compassionate care to traditional medical settings. Featuring memorial bracelets and wristbands worn by Johnny Depp and other celebrities
	ACT URL: http://www.act.org.uk/ ODP description: Provides information to families and professionals involved in palliative care for children with life-threatening or terminal conditions. Page title: ACT - The Association for Children's Palliative Care - Home
	Palliative Care for Children URL: http://www.aap.org/policy/re0007.html ODP description: American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement offers advice on the development of a pediatric palliative care plan.
	The Hospital for Sick Children: Palliative Care URL: http://www.sickkids.ca/palliativecare/ ODP description: Description of services, resources, how to make difficult treatment decisions, calendar, and caring tips. [Ontario, Canda] Page title: The Hospital for Sick Children - Palliative Care
	The Jason Program URL: http://www.jasonprogram.org/ ODP description: Provides medical, emotional and spiritual care to Maine's critically ill and dying children and their families. Page title: The Jason Program - Providing medical, social, spiritual and hospice support for critically and terminally ill children in Maine. Page description: The Jason Program provides pediatric hospice care, inluding pain control, social and spiritual guidance, and nursing support for children with a critical or terminal illness in Maine.> <meta http-equiv=
	Hospice of Contra Costa: Comfort for Kids URL: http://www.hospicecc.org/ProgramsServices/ComfortforKids.aspx ODP description: Provides compassionate health care to children facing the advanced stages of life-threatening illness. Page title: Hospice of the East Bay > Programs/Services > Comfort for Kids
	Care of the Terminally Ill Child URL: http://www.chkd.org/terminal/ ODP description: Information about a child's concept of death, grief, physical and psychosocial needs, supportive, and the dying process. Page title: Care of the Terminally Ill Child - Health Library - Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters Page description: Detailed information on care of the terminally ill child
	Royal Children's Hospital: Paediatric Palliative Care URL: http://www.rch.org.au/rch_palliative/index.cfm?doc_id=1650 ODP description: Focus is on the dying child's quality of life, support for the family, and management of distressing symtoms. [Melbourne, Australia] Page title: Palliative care : About palliative care
	Edmarc Hospice for Children URL: http://www.edmarc.org/ ODP description: Portsmouth, Virginia. Home healthcare, hospice, and bereavement support. Material on services, the organization and contact information. Page title: Edmarc Hospice for Children in Chesapeake, Virginia, offers home healthcare, hospice, bereavement support, and other services for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Page description: Edmarc Hospice for Children in Chesapeake, Virginia offers home healthcare, hospice, and bereavement support, and other services for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
	Children's Hospice International URL: http://www.chionline.org/ ODP description: Provides a network of support and care for children with life-threatening conditions and their families. Membership information, publications, guidelines for how to tell children and discussion board. Page description: Ensuring medical, psychological, social, spiritual support to all children with life-threatening conditions and their families from the time of diagnosis by providing a network of resources and care.
	End-of-Life Care for Children URL: http://www.childendoflifecare.org/ ODP description: An educational palliative and pain management resource for parents and health professionals who care for children suffering from pain due to cancer. [Texas] Page description: An educational pain management resource for health professionals who care for children suffering from pain due to cancer.