Position Statements

Periodically the AAHPM Board of Directors approves position statements intended to raise awareness and express the opinions of the Academy on important issues related to hospice and palliative medicine. Please feel free to share these statements with your colleagues.

• Withholding and Withdrawing Non Beneficial Medical Interventions

• Requirements for the Successful Development of Academic Palliative Medicine Programs

• Access to Palliative Care and Hospice

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care

• Artificial Nutrition and Hydration Near the End of Life

• Palliative Care Research Ethics

• Palliative Sedation

• Physician-Assisted Death