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Handout: Palliative Care Institute And Northwest Life Passages Coalition - Helpful Links, Palliative Care Institute, Western Washington University, Northwest Life Passages Coalition

Northwest Life Passages Coalition Documents

The Palliative Care Institute (PCI) at Western Washington University aims to help those who actively seek to live their lives to the fullest, with their pain and suffering alleviated, their fears and questions heard and addressed, and their relational, spiritual, and cultural needs met. PCI believes that the changes in serious illness and end of life care envisioned in the Northwest Life Passages Coalition Blueprint will occur through changes in training for clinical providers and also by activating our community.

The Whatcom Alliance for Health Advancement (WAHA) is a nonprofit organization based in Bellingham, Washington whose mission is to connect …

Handout: Everyone Needs An Advance Directive! Not Everyone Needs A Polst!, Northwest Life Passages Coalition

Northwest Life Passages Coalition Documents

The Advance Directive and Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatments (POLST) are both important tools for documenting your wishes for care. They are each designed to accomplish specific goals - it is important to understand who they are intended for and what they do!