The End-of-Life Care Research Program
The University of Washington End-of-life Care Research Program is an internationally known research center in palliative and end-of-life care that has been in existence for over 10 years and has contributed to the science of measuring and improving the quality of palliative and end-of-life care. The Program, lead by Dr. J.Randall Curtis and Dr. Ruth A. Engelberg, is housed in a 1500 square-foot suite of offices on the Harborview Medical Center campus of the University of Washington. The Program team is currently funded by two R01 Awards and a K24 Award from NIH as well as additional...
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Announcement from UW Medicine Online News: UW launches Palliative Care Center of Excellence [October 2012] With its official launch Oct. 8, the UW Palliative Care Center of Excellence will be poised to become an international leader in advancing the science and the delivery of palliative and end-of-life care for patients with chronic and life-limiting illnesses. The UW Palliative Care Center of Excellence will bring together individual leaders who are recognized for palliative care research, education and clinical care across the health sciences disciplines. “We are fortunate that the UW...
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The End-of-Life Care Research Program has been studying various aspects of end-of-life care and communication since 1998. Our research goals and specific research endeavors are presented on this web site. Please use the menus above to access general information about our program and staff, our past and present specific research studies, our study results and publications, and resources and instruments that have been developed by the program,
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