Started in 1987 as an organization of Hospice physicians, this organization was restructured in the mid '90s, changing its name to the AAHPM and establishing the following goals:
1. To increase membership communication;
2. To develop standards for the specialty of hospice palliative care;
3. To consider an independent annual meeting;
4. To establish hospice as core component of health care.
This organization, which now has over 2500 members and gets about 1700 attendees at its annual convention provides educational resources and training in the form of books/manuals, a journal, continuing courses and an annual assembly. The AAHPM has a seat on the AMA House of Delegates and has a College of Palliative Care for Hospice physicians.
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