Below are links to various websites that deal with end-of-life issues and advance directives.  You may find more information about end-of-life issues on these sites. I do not vouch for any of them. They are for your information. I hope that they will be helpful for you.

http://www.nationalhospicefoundation.org - National Hospivce Foundation website

http://www.endoflifecommission.org/end_pages/resources.htm#    (This is a website from Massachusetts that has quite a few links to resources that may be helpful to you.)

http://www.putitinwriting.org (in English and Spanish) - about advance directives

http://www.palliativecare.org/advancedirectives/nys_law.asp - about advance directives

http://www.uslivingwillregistry.com/forms.shtm - a national site where you can register your advance directive

http://www.abcd-caring.org/  Americans for better care of the dying

http://www.capc.org/ - The Center to Advance Palliative Care

http://www.isafetynet.org/ -  Community, Health Social and Spiritual Resources

http://www.familydecisions.org/index.html - website about the NY State Family Decisions Act status and information

http://www.growthhouse.org/ - improving care for the dying

http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/featureDetail.jsp?featureID=886&type=3  Robert Wood Johnson website - they are a leader in funding end-of-life research

http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1 Caring Connections -  sponsored by National Hospice and Palliative Care

http://wings.buffalo.edu/faculty/research/bioethics/index.htm - University of Buffalo  Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care

http://www.growthhouse.org/iicn.html - The Inter-Institutional Collaborating Network On End Of Life Care (IICN)