With appreciation to the Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care National Program Office for organizing the conference where these projects were presented, June 2001.
To Chuck Butler, Vice President, Government & Public Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, for his guidance in planning the meeting and chairing its sessions.
To Dan Tobin, MD, Co-Director, Section of Palliative Care, VA Healthcare Network, Upstate New York at Albany, and Ira Byock, MD, Director, Promoting Excellence in End-of- Life Care, for separately having the idea for such a conclave that, when they combined forces, came together in such a productive way.