End-of-Life Library

A special library serving the professional community

2010 Rose and Sam Stein Award Winner

Mission

The End-of-Life Library at Hospice of the Western Reserve provides professional information that enhances the life affirming quality of care provided by Hospice of the Western Reserve. The primary focus is to serve the professional community in all related aspects of palliative care and end-of-life issues. This special library provides an online catalog, virtual library services and professional library assistance.

Services

The collection and services include the following palliative care and hospice resources:

Books and textbooks
Document delivery service
Literature searches
Professional journals
PubMed Access
More than 1,500 titles including bereavement and grief

Research Measurement Instruments

Behavioral Measure Core
Primary Care Core
Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End-of-Life Care (TIME)

Potential Users

Healthcare professionals and institutions, educators, students, schools, colleges, universities, researchers, authors, bioethicists, policy makers, public officials, attorneys and other legal professionals, business and corporate staff, churches, social workers, counselors, spiritual care professionals, funeral professionals, nursing home administrators and staff, and the general public.

Professional Memberships

The End-of-Life Library holds memberships in the following organizations:

National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Medical Library Association
Medical Library Association of NE Ohio
Ohio Health Sciences Library Association

Questions?

For assistance with research or other reference materials, contact our librarian at:

Suzanne Earle, BA, MLS, AHIP
Librarian
email: library@hospicewr.org
phone: 216.383.3781
fax: 216.481.4987
17876 St. Clair Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44110

How You Can Support Us:

Hospice of the Western Reserve would like to offer the opportunity to support this wonderful endeavor. The following is a list of ways you can help:

Purchase a book for $100
Purchase a journal for $500
Underwrite literature and database searches for $1,000
Underwrite library software for one year for $2,500

Thank you for your consideration in supporting this program. To donate to the Hospice of the Western Reserve End of Life Library, please call Kathy Yopp at 216.383.3713 or email kyopp@hospicewr.org.

Resources

End of Life Library Fact Sheet

The End of Life Library at Hospice of the Western Reserve provides the professional and lay communities with knowledge regarding palliative care and end-of-life issues.

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