Developing End-of-life Model For Public Health - Center Launches Project With Centers For Disease Control

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Article Date: 15 Feb 2006 - 23:00 PDT

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The Center for Practical Bioethics has launched a project with the Centers for Disease Control to develop an end-of-life model for public health departments across the country. As part of the project, the Center will develop or identify training and resource materials for public health professionals and health consumers.

"This is a big step for us and for the CDC," says Myra Christopher, president and chief executive officer of the Center for Practical Bioethics. "Public health departments are an important channel to educate health consumers on end-of-life issues."

The Center will identify or develop for the CDC a comprehensive end-of-life curriculum tailored to the public health community, an end-of-life resource manual for state health departments, a legislative tip sheet for state health departments, a list of key end-of-life contacts in each state, a template for an end-of-life web page and a dissemination plan.

"The goal of this project is to develop end-of-life training and resource materials for public health professionals so they can be better equipped to handle inquiries from the public," says Jaya Rao, MD, MHS, medical epidemiologist in the Health Care and Aging Studies Branch at CDC.

"Myra Christopher and the Center for Practical Bioethics bring extensive experience in creating training programs and materials focusing on end-of-life issues."

Founded in 1984, the Center for Practical Bioethics raises and responds to ethical issues in health and healthcare. The Center is an independent organization nationally recognized for its work in practical bioethics. More than a think tank, the Center puts theory into action to help people and organizations find real-world solutions to complex issues in health and healthcare.

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