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Death and Dying, Life and Living Links and
Biblio: Dying Process/Experience
D&D Biblio Individual Sections Links |
See also AIDS; Alzheimers/Dementia;
Cancer;
Caregiving,
Children
and Dying; Chronic
Illness; Dying
ProcessHealth
Care/Nursing; Life
Threatening and Prolonged Illnesses; Narratives;
Respiratory;
Sickle
Cell Disease; Stroke,
Websites:
Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD) http://www.abcd-caring.org/
The Candlelighters
Childhood Cancer Foundation® (CCCF)
http://www.candlelighters.org/
The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/
End of Life Care for
Children and Their Families: Ethical Dimensions http://www.HELIX.com
Growth House:
life-threatening illness and end of life care. http://www.growthhouse.org/
Hospice Foundation of
America http://www.hospicefoundation.org/
Hospice &
Palliative Care Federation http://www.hospicefed.org/
Hospice Net http://hospicenet.org/
National Hospice and
Palliative Care Organization http://www.NHPCO.org/
National Children's
Cancer Society http://www.nationalchildrenscancersociety.com
National Library of
Medicine and the National Institutes of Health offer Medline http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/deathanddying.html
Sickle Cell
Information Center http://www.scinfo.org/
Bibliography;
Barthelme,
William. Lessons from the Angel of Death. 2000 (esophagial
cancer). http://www.eccafe.org/sto/wbartholome/lessons.html
Byock, Ira. Dying
Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life. Riverhead, 1998. HQ1073
.B96 1998
Callahan, Maggie and
Patricia Kelley. Final Gifts: Understanding the Special
Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying. 1997. BF787 .O4
C25 1997
Callahan, M. &
Kelley, P. (2008). Final
Journeys: A practical guide for
bringing comfort at the end of life. NY:
Bantam.
Coberly, Margaret,
Ph.D., R. N. Sacred Passage: How to Provide Fearless
Compassionate Care for the Dying. 2003.
Cohen-Almagor,
Raphael. Right to Die with Dignity: An Argument in Ethics, Medicine
and Law.
2001. R726 .C635 2001
Doka, K. J. (Ed.). (2007). Living with grief:
Before and after the death. Washington,
D. C.: HFA.
End-of-life: A
nurses’s guide to compassionate care.
(2007). Ambler, Pa: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
Estess, Jenifer as
told to Valerie Estess. Tales from the Bed: On Living, Dying and
Having it All: A Memoir. 2004 (ALS)
Feldman, D. B. &
Lasher, S. A. (2007). The
end-of-life handbook: A
compassionate guide to connecting with and caring for a dying loved one. Oakland, CA:
New Harbinger Pub.
Fenwick, P. &
Fenwick, E. (2008). The art of
dying: A journey to elsewhere. London:
Continuum.
Foley, Kathleen and
Herbert Hendin. Case Against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to
End-of-Life Care.
2002. R726 .C355 2002
Griffith, William
H. More than a Parting Prayer: Lessons in Caregiving for the
Dying.
2004.
Groopman, Jerome. The
Measure of Our Days: New Beginnings at Life's End. NY: Viking, 1997.
R726.8 .G77 1997
Halifax,
J. (2008). Being with dying: Cultivating compassion and fearlessness
in the presence of death. Boston: Shambala.
Hennezel, Marie de.
Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us to Live. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Kauffman, S. R.
(2005). And a time to
die: How American hospitals shape
the end of life. NY: Scribners.
Keizer, Bert. Dancing
with Mister D.: Notes on Life and Death. NY: Doublday, 1997
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
. On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy
and Their Own Families.
1969. BF789.D4 K8 1997
Kuhl, David. What
Dying People Want: Practical Wisdom for the End of Life. Public Affairs, 2002.
Lawton, Julia. Dying
Process: Patients' Experiences of Palliative Care. 2000. R726.8 .L39
2000.
Livingston,
Gordon. Only Spring: On Mourning the Death of My Son. 1995. (one
Suicide; one Leukemia)
Longaker, Christine.
Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual
Care of the Dying.
NY: Doubleday, 1997. BF789 .D4 L664 2001
Lynn, Joanne and Joan
Harrold, eds. Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious
Illness.
NY: Oxford University Press, 1999. R726.8 H353 1999
Lynn, Joanne, J. L.
Schuster, and A. Kabcenell. Improving Care for the End of Life:
A Source Book for Health Care Managers and and Clinicians. Oxford UP, 2000.
Meyer, C. A Good
Death: Challenges, Choices, and Care Options. 1998.
Morgan, J., ed. Ethical Issues in the Care of the Dying and Bereaved
Aged.
1996.
Morris, David B.
The Culture of Pain, 1991. RB127 .M67 1991.
Morris,
Virginia. Talking about Death. 2001.
Nouwen, Henri J. M.
Beyond the Mirror: Reflections on Death and Life. 1990.
Nuland, Sherwin B.
How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter. 1994. BD444 .N85
1994.
Rinpoche, Sogyal.
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.
BQ7640 .S64 1992
Smith, H. L.
Finding Your Way to say Goodbye: Comfort for the Dying and Those Who Care
for Them.
2002.
Taylor, Joan. In
the Light of Dying: The Journals of a Hospice Volunteer. Crossroad, 1993. R726.8
.T39 1989
Weenolsen, Patricia,
Phd. The Art of Dying: The Only Book for Persons Facing Their Own
Death: A Comprehensive Guide to Your Physical, Emotion, and Spiritual
Concerns.
NY: St. Martin's, 1996. BF789 .D4 W34 1997
Last Chapters (on-line
sharing and resources): http://www.lastchapters.org/index.cgi?id=73