Considers how the end-of-life movement is gaining momentum thanks to major grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Establishment of the Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care Projects; Initiative called Last Acts: Care and Caring at the End of Life; Efforts to develop a standardized core curriculum for training physicians in the basic knowledge they need to care for the terminally ill and their families. INSET: Elements of quality care for patients in the last phase of life..