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General Resources:

Death: The Trip of a Lifetime: Episode 1: The Chasm 60 min. Library: BF789.D4 D443 1993 pt. 1 VHS Episode 2, 3 and 4 same call #. Abbreviated as Death: Trip

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: To Live Until You Die pt. 1 (30 mins.) VHS Pat Hunt Perry's (seeking copy) Abbreviated as TLUYD

We're Almost Home: On Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and her pioneering work with dying children. Rites of Passages. 48 mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Almost Home

Bill Moyers: On Our Own Terms Pt 4: A Time to Change VHS 90 mins. Library AV R726.8 .O58 , (2000) Abbreviated as On Our Own

PBS Bill Moyers On Our Own Terms site and supplemental resources: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/

With Eyes Open: Coping with Death 4 parts: 1: Grief and Healing; 2. Difficult Decisions: When a Loved One Approaches Death; 3: Caregiving and 4: Beyond Life and Death. 26 min. each VHS PBS 2000. Requested of library. Abbreviated as Eyes Open

PBS With Eyes Open site and resources: http://www.pbs.org/witheyesopen/

National Public Radio Web Resources: http://www.npr.org/programs/death/resources.html

Aging:

The Aging Game: A training exercise : 25 min. 2004 VHS Aquarius Productions Own Abbreviated as Aging Game

The Aging Game (5 part series) 9-16 mins. each. The State of World Population Report; Relative Values; The Silver Age; Alhaji's Wives, Dance Within. Films for Humanities.
DVD Library on Order.

Bringing the Circle Together. Three elderly men. Rites of Passages. 58 mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Circle

Driving to Utopia: Three Older Women/Widows. Rites of Passages. 29 mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Utopia

The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimers. PBS 120 mins. VHS Own Abbreviated as Forgetting

AIDS:

AIDS at 21: It Wasn't Supposed to Happen Like This : 25 min. 2004 VHS Aquarius Productions requested from Library Abbreviated as AIDS at 21

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt : 79 min. 1989 VHS Names Project Abbreviated as Threads

Cancer:

A Litany for Survival: Audre Lorde (1996) (56 min.) VHS (Library PS356.075 27) and Own Abbreviated as Litany

Worlds Apart: A 4 Part Series on Cross-Cultural Healthcare: Part 2 Mohammad Kochi's Story (14 min.) CBKAV 0474 Pt. 2

Caregiving:

And Thou Shalt Honor (2002) (120 min.) PBS DVD (Library on order) Own Abbreviated as Thou Shalt Honor

PBS And Thou Shalt Honor site and resources: http://www.pbs.org/thoushalthonor/

And Thou Shalt Honor Site http://www.thoushalthonor.org

Resiliency After Violent Death: Lessons for Caregivers: Helping Victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. (Dr. Charles Figley, Dr. Alison Salloum) Panel Discussion. 50 mins. Distributed by Gift from Within VHS OWN

When Helping Hurts: Sustaining Trauma Workers: Helping Victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. (Dr. Charles Figley, Frank Ochberg, M.D., Angie Panos, Ph.D., CEAP, John Wilson, Ph.D., Mary Beth Williams, Ph.D., Atle Dryregrov, Ph.D. Janice Harris Lord, ACSW) Panel Discussion. 47.32 mins. Two Clinical Interviews 62:09. Distributed by Gift from Within VHS OWN

Children and Adolescents

Inner Voices of Grief (Adolescents grieving) 30 mins. VHS Library BF724.G73 158 Abbreviated as Inner

We're Almost Home: On Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and her pioneering work with dying children. Rites of Passages. 48 mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Almost Home

Turning Toward the Morning: Rites of Passages. 60? mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Turning

Facing Death
ABC News Nightline: Morrie Schwartz Lessons on Living: 3 Parts 11/01/1996 60 mins. VHS Library On Order Own Abbreviated as Morrie

ABC News Nightline: A Good Death on Laura Schmidt.

Hospice and Palliative Care:

Pioneers of Hospice: Changing the Face of Dying (Dame Cicely Saunders, Florence Wald, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Balfour Mount) (2004) DVD 49:20 min.s OWN Abbreviated as Changing the Face

Bill Moyers: On Our Own Terms Pt 4: A Time to Change VHS 90 mins. Library AV R726.8 .O58 , (2000) Abbreviated as On Our Own

Walking Us Home: The Hospice Experience. 20 mins. VHS Own Abbreviated as Walking Home

Last Chapters (on-line sharing and resources): http://www.lastchapters.org/index.cgi?id=73

Trinity Hospice Foundation: http://www.trinityhospicefoundation.org/thanatology.htm

Ethics and Social Issues in Death and Dying:

America's Struggling Healthcare System (ABC News) 4 parts. 23 minutes each. Healthcare Casualties: The Underinsured Mentally Ill. Malpractice and the Measure of Human Suffering. World Class Healthcare: Why Isn't the U. S. the Besst? ERS in Crisis: Turning Away the Uninsured. VHS. Library On Order. Abbreviated as Healthcare

Choosing Death: KA Productions/Frontline and Health Quarterly. 1993 PBS Video. VHS 117 min. Library R726.C54 Abbreviated as Choosing

Deadly Deception (NOVA): On Tuskegee Syphilis VHS 60 min. Own Abbreviated as Deadly Deception

Grief and Bereavement:

Lessons from Lion: Using Children's Media to Teach About Grief and Mourning (Greg Adams' work on The Lion King) CD-Rom (approx 20 mins.) OWN

The Gifts of Grief (Isabel Allende, Reverend Cecil Williams, Lee Mun Wah, Claude Anshin Thomas, etc.) DVD 2005 52 mins. OWN

Carved From the Heart (Tsimshiam woodcutter and Craig, Alaska carve a totem for the son dead of a cocaine overdose) Ellen Frankenstein and Louise Brady. New Day Films (1996) VHS (30 min.) Library BF 575 .G7 C37 1997 Abbreviated as Carved

Words From the Heart (sequel to Carved) New Day Films (2000) VHS (15 min.) Library BF575.G7 C372 2000 Abbreviated as Words

Inner Voices of Grief (Adolescents grieving) 30 mins. VHS Library BF724.G73 158 Abbreviated as Inner

Grief in America. 55 min 1997 Fanlight VHS

Turning Toward the Morning: Rites of Passages. 60? mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Turning

Death and Dying in History and Cultures:

Carved From the Heart (Tsimshiam woodcutter and Craig, Alaska carve a totem for the son dead of a cocaine overdose) Ellen Frankenstein and Louise Brady. New Day Films (1996) VHS (30 min.) Library BF 575 .G7 C37 1997 Abbreviated as Carved

Words From the Heart (sequel to Carved) New Day Films (2000) VHS (15 min.) Library BF575.G7 C372 2000 Abbreviated as Words

A Choice for K'aila 28 min. 1992 Filmmakers Library (on a Native Am. couple who refuse liver transplant for their infant) Abbreviated as K'aila

Deadly Deception (NOVA): On Tuskegee Syphilis VHS 60 min. Own Abbreviated as Deadly Deception

Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality:

America in Black and White: Healthcare, the Great Divide. Nightline with Ted Koppel. 1999. 55 min. VHS Library On Order Own Poor copy Abbreviated as Great Divide

Bill Moyers: On Our Own Terms Pt 4: A Time to Change VHS 90 mins. Library AV R726.8 .O58 , (2000) Abbreviated as On Our Own

Bringing the Circle Together. Three elderly men. Rites of Passages. 58 mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Circle

Carved From the Heart (Tsimshiam woodcutter and Craig, Alaska carve a totem for the son dead of a cocaine overdose) Ellen Frankenstein and Louise Brady. New Day Films (1996) VHS (30 min.) Library BF 575 .G7 C37 1997 Abbreviated as Carved

Words From the Heart (sequel to Carved) New Day Films (2000) VHS (15 min.) Library BF575.G7 C372 2000 Abbreviated as Words

Deadly Deception (NOVA): On Tuskegee Syphilis VHS 60 min. Own Abbreviated as Deadly Deception

Driving to Utopia: Three Older Women/Widows. Rites of Passages. 29 mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Utopia

A Litany for Survival: Audre Lorde (1996) (56 min.) (Library PS356.075 27) Own Abbreviated as Litany

Men and Grief. VHS 58 mins. 1994 Family Service of King County

Worlds Apart: A 4 Part Series on Cross-Cultural Healthcare: Part 2 Mohammad Kochi's Story (14 min.) CBKAV 0474 Pt. 2

Suicide

Fatal Mistakes: Families Shattered by Suicide. (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) 2005? 20 mins. OWN

The Truth About Suicide: Real Stories of Depression in College. (Hosted Mariette Hartley) (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) 1998 45 mins. OWN

Violence, War, Torture, Terrorism, Human Rights Abuses, Activism:

In Memoriam New York City 9/11/01 HBO (2002) (60 min.) DVD Own

Vets Helping Vets. DVD 60 mins.

Resiliency After Violent Death: Lessons for Caregivers: Helping Victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. (Dr. Charles Figley, Dr. Alison Salloum) Panel Discussion. 50 mins. Distributed by Gift from Within VHS OWN

When Helping Hurts: Sustaining Trauma Workers: Helping Victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. (Dr. Charles Figley, Frank Ochberg, M.D., Angie Panos, Ph.D., CEAP, John Wilson, Ph.D., Mary Beth Williams, Ph.D., Atle Dryregrov, Ph.D. Janice Harris Lord, ACSW) Panel Discussion. 47.32 mins. Two Clinical Interviews 62:09. Distributed by Gift from Within VHS OWN

Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark a play by Ariel Dorfman, on Human rights abuses. Kennedy Center, PBS Home Video. VHS. 60mins. Own Abbreviated as Speak Truth

A Force More Powerful: Episode One: 1960's Nashville. Tennessee Civil Rights; India, 1930s, Ghandi; 1985 South African, Mkhuseli Jack, apartheid. York Zimmerman. 87 mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Force1

A Force More Powerful: Episode Two: 1940s Denmark and Nazi; 1980s, Poland Solidarity; 1983 Chile protests against Pinochet. York Zimmerman. 87 mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Force2

Individual Writers and Thanatologists:

Pioneers of Hospice: Changing the Face of Dying (Dame Cicely Saunders, Florence Wald, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Balfour Mount) (2004) DVD 49:20 min.s OWN Abbreviated as Changing the Face

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: To Live Until You Die pt. 1 (30 mins.) VHS Pat Hunt Perry's (seeking copy) Abbreviated as TLUYD

We're Almost Home: On Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and her pioneering work with dying children. Rites of Passages. 48 mins. VHS. Own Abbreviated as Almost Home

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: http://www.elisabethkublerross.co

Funerals, Cremation, Cemeteries, Ceremonies, etc.:

Funeral and Memorial Societiesof America http://www.funerals.org

Funeral Consumer Guide from Federal Trade Commission: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/services/funeral.htm