5.An article by Jerome Groopman, MD, that appeared inthe October 28, 2002 issue of The New Yorker may be of interest to many of our readers. Dr. Groopman provides insight into delivering news of a terminal diagnosis to patients. To read this article, go to

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?021028fa_fact

6.Growth House, Inc., http://www.growthhouse.org provides this portal as your international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care. Our primary mission is to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying through public education and global professional collaboration. Our search engine gives you access to the Internet's most comprehensive collection of reviewed resources for end-of-life care.

8. A new website for thanatology and gravesite analysis:

www.thanatology.org

9. New website for data about end-of-life care:

Looking for data about end-of-life care? Log on to www.edeledata.org. EDELE (Epidemiology of Dying and End-of-Life Care) is a project of The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care and The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. This new website provides an online, searchable catalogue of over 300 web pages that provide data on: demographics for people who died and their families, healthcare and community resources for end-of-life care, use of these resources, and outcome and satisfaction with care. The data are useful to healthcare providers, advocacy organizations, health services researchers, and state policy makers for understanding patient populations, increasing access to care, supporting public policy reform, and planning research projects.

10. Finding Our Way is a newspaper series of articles on end-of-life issues. The web site is a rich resource of information about dying and death.