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.

• Access to Palliative Care and Hospice


• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care


• Artificial Nutrition and Hydration Near the End of Life


• Credentialing in Hospice/Palliative Medicine


• Palliative Care Research Ethics


• Palliative Sedation


• Physician-Assisted Death