Resource Center

This training program consists of flexible, interactive modules to help practitioners improve their skills in delivering serious news and discussing goals of care and life-sustaining treatment decisions with seriously ill patients. It is intended for practitioners who care for patients with serious illness in outpatient, inpatient, long-term care, and home care settings.

About the organization: The National Center for Ethics in Health Care serves as Veteran Affair's authoritative resource for addressing the complex ethical issues that arise in patient care, health care management, and research. We provide information, education, and consultation and oversee nationwide programs and quality improvement projects to help health care practitioners and administrators to understand and apply health care ethics standards.