See also Aging;  Caregiving, Children and Dying; Dying Process; Ethics; Grief; Hospice; Life-Threatening Illnesses; Nursing Homes and Assisted Living; Palliative Care.

Beresford, Larry.  The Hospice Handbook: A Complete Guide.  Little, Brown, 1993. R726.8 .B36 1993

Bornstein, Robert F. and Mary A. Languirand.  When Someone You Love Needs Nursing Home, Assisted Living, or In-Home Care.  Newmarket Press, 2001.

Buckingham, Robert W.  Handbook of Hospice Care.  1996.  R726.8 .B824 1996.

Cairns, Moira, Marney Thompson, and Wendy Wainwright.  Transitions in Dying and Bereavement: A Psychosocial Guide for Hospice and Palliative Care. 2003   

Connor, Stephen R.  Hospice: Practice, Pitfalls and Promise.  1998.  R726.8 .C686 1998.

Doka, K. J. (ed.)  Pain Management at the End of Life:  Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge & Practice.  Washington, D.C.:  Hospice Foundation of America, 2006.

Griffith, William H.  More than a Parting Prayer:  Lessons in Caregiving for the Dying.  2004.

Jaffe, Carolyn and Carol J. Ehrlich.  All Kinds of Love: Experiencing Hospice.  Beaywood, 1997. R726 .8 .J34 1997

Lattanzi-Licht, Marcia.  Hospice Choice: In Pursuit of a Peaceful Death.  Simon and Schuster, 1998. R726.8 .L37 1998

Modly, Doris.  Home Care Nursing Services: International Lessons.  1997. RA645.3 .H644

Rice, Robin.  Home Health Nursing Practice:  Concepts and Application.  1996.  RT120.H65 R55 1996

Saunders, Dame Cicely and Robert Kastenbaum, eds.  Hospice Care on the International Scene. 1997.  RA1000 .H67 1997

Sendor, Virginia F. and Patrice M. O'Connor.  Hospice and Palliative Care: Questions and Answers. Lanham, Md.: Scarecroww Press, 1997. R726.8 .S46 1997

Smith, Douglas C.  Caregiving:  Hospice-Proven Techniques for Healing Body and Soul.  1997.

Smith, Shirley Ann.  Hospice Concepts:  A Guide to Palliative Care in Terminal Illness.  2000.

Taylor, Joan.  In the Light of Dying: The Journals of a Hospice Volunteer.  Crossroad, 1993. R726.8 .T39 1989

Volicer, Ladislav and Ann Hurley.  Hospice Care for Patients with Advanced Progressive Dementia.  1998.  RC522 .H67 1998.

Hospice Foundation of America:  http://www.hospicefoundation.org  

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine:  http://www.aahpm.org/

Growth House/Improving End of Life Care:  http://www.growthhouse.org/

Last Acts Organization:  http://www.lastacts.org/

National Prison Hospice Association:  http://www.npha.org/

Zen Hospice Project:  http://www.zenhospice.org/

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

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