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Tuesdays with Morrie
Albom, Mitch
Doubleday, New York, 1997
Hospice
Care for Children
Armstrong -Dailey, Ann and Zarbock, Sarah, eds.
Oxford University Press: Second Edition, New York, 2001
When
Life Becomes Precious: A Guide for Loved Ones and Friends of Cancer Patients
Babcock, Elise NeeDell
Bantam Books, New York, 1997
Medical
Care of the Soul: A Practical and Healing Guide to End-Of-Life Issues for
Families, Patients, and Health Care Providers
Bartlow, Bruce G.
Johnson Books, Boulder, 2000
The
Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Bauby, Jean-Dominique
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997
The
Least of These My Brethren: A Doctor's Story of Hope and Miracles on an Inner
City AIDS Ward
Baxter, D.J.
Crown, New York, 1997
The
Denial of Death
Becker, Ernest
The Free Press, New York, 1973
The
Gift of Peace: Personal Reflections
Bernardin, Joseph Cardinal
Loyola Press, Chicago, 1997
The
Hospice Handbook: A Complete Guide
Berresford, Larry
Little Brown & Company, 1993
Facing
Death: Images, Insights and Interventions: A Handbook for Educators, Healthcare
Professionals, and Counselors
Bertman, Sandra L.
Taylor & Francis, 1991
Grief
and the Healing Arts
Bertman, Sandra L.
Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., Amityville, New York, 1999
Another
Morning: Voices of Truth and Hope from Mothers with Cancer
Blachman, Linda
Seal Press, Emeryville, CA, 2006
In the
Shadow of Illness: Parents and Siblings of the Chronically Ill Child
Bluebond-Langner, Myra
Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1996
Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path Through
Grief to Healing
Brener, Anne
Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, 1993
Signs
of Life: A Memoir of Dying and Discovery
Brookes, T.
Random House, New York,1997
The
Gifts of the Body
Brown, Rebecca
HarperCollins, New York, 1994
Dying
Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life
Byock, Ira
Putnam/Riverhead, 1997
Palliative and End-of-Life Pearls
Byock, Ira; Heffner, John E.
Hanley and Belfus, Philadelphia, 2002
Six
Months To Live: Different Paths to Life's End
Byock, Ira; Staton, Jana; Shuy, Roger
Georgetown University Press, 2001
The
Four Things That Matter Most
Byock, Ira
Simon and Schuster/The FreePress, 2004
The
Troubled Dream of Life: In Search of a Peaceful Death
Callahan, Daniel
Touchstone/Simon & Shuster, New York, 1993
Final Gifts:
Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
Callanan, Maggie; Kelley, Patricia
Simon & Shuster, New York, 1992
Share
the Care: How To Organize a Group to Care for Someone Who Is Seriously Ill
Capossela, Cappy and Warnock, Sheila
Fireside Books, Simon & Shuster, New York, 1995
The
Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine
Cassell, E.J.
Oxford University Press, New York,1991
Long
Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan
Colby, William F.
Hay House, 2002
Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right To Die In America
Colby, William F.
Hay House, 2006
Stay
Close and Do Nothing: A Spiritual and Practical Guide to Caring for the Dying at
Home
Collett, Merrill
Andrews McMeel, Kansas City, 1997
Grieving: A Love Story
Coughlin, Ruth
Random House, New York, 1993
Managing Death in the Intensive Care Unit: The Transition from Cure to Comfort
Curtis, Randall J. and Rubenfeld, Gordon D.
Oxford University Press, 2001
Fading
Away: The Experience of Transition in Families With Terminal Illness
Davies, Betty et al.
Baywood Publishing, Amityville, 1995
Caring
in Remembered Ways: The Fruit of Seeing Deeply
Davis, Maggie Steincrohm
Heartsong Books, 1999
Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us How to Live
De Hennezel, Marie
Knopf, New York, 1997
Living
With Life-Threatening Illness : A Guide for Patients, Their Families, and
Caregivers
Doka, Kenneth
Lexington Books, 1993
Living
With Grief When Illness is Prolonged
Doka, Kenneth J. and Davidson, J., eds.
Taylor & Francis, Washington DC, 1997
The
Oxford Book of Death
Enright, D.J.
Oxford University Press, 1993 Paperback
Oxford
Textbook of Palliative Medicine
Doyle, Derek; Hanks, Geoffrey W.C. and MacDonald, Neil (Editors)
Oxford University Press, Second Edition 1998
Hard
Choices for Loving People: CPR, Artificial Feeding, Comfort Measures Only and
the Elderly Patient
Dunn, Hank
A&A Publishers, 1999 Paperback
Liberating Losses: When Death Brings Relief
Elison, Jennifer and McGonigle, Chris
Perseus
Books, Cambridge, MA, 2003
Mortal
Acts: Eighteen Empowering Rituals for Confronting Death
Feinstein, David
HarperCollins, 1993 Paperback
Rituals
for Living & Dying Rituals for Living and Dying : From Life's Wounds to
Spiritual Awakening
Feinstein, David and Mayo, Peg Elliot
Harper San Francisco, 1990
The
Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness and Ethics
Frank, Arthur W.
University of Chicago Press, 1995
Man's
Search for Meaning
Frankl, V.E.
Rev. ed. Washington Square, New York, 1984
You Can
Help Someone Who's Grieving
Frigo, Victoria; Fisher, Diane and Cook, Mary Lou
Penguin Books, 1996
Part of Me Died, Too: Stories of Creative
Survival Among Bereaved Children and Teenagers
Fry, Virginia; Dutton Children's Books, Penguin Books, 1995
More Than a Parting Prayer: Lessons in Care Giving for the Dying
Griffith, William A.
Judson Press, 2005
The Weeping Willow: Encounters with Grief
Halamish, Lynne and Hermoni, Doron
Oxford University Press, 2007
Seduced
by Death: Doctors, Patients and the Dutch Cure
Hendin, Herbert
WW Norton & Co. Inc., New York, 1997
All
Kinds of Love: Experiencing Hospice
Jaffe, Carolyn and Ehrlich, Carol H.
Baywood Publishing, Amityville, 1997
Helping
Grieving People - When Tears Are Not Enough: A Handbook for Care Providers
Jeffreys, Shep
National Book Network, Boston, 2004
R.I.P.
The Complete Book of Death and Dying
Jones, C.
HarperCollins, New York, 1997
A
Different Kind of Health
Justice, Blair
Peak Press, 1998
Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death and Healing
Kearney, Michael
Marino Books, Dublin, 1996
Dancing
With Mister D: Notes on Life and Death
Keizer, Bert
Doubleday, New York, 1997
Companion to Grief: Finding Consolation When Someone You Love has Died
Kelley, Patricia
Simon & Shuster, New York, 1997
Lean
on Me: Cancer
through a Carer's Eyes
Kember, Lorraine, 2005
The
Rights of the Dying: A Companion for Life's Final Moments
Kessler, David
Harper Collins, 1997
Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System
Kiernan, Stephen
St. Martin's Press, NY, 2006
The
Courage to Laugh: Humor, Hope and Healing in the Face of Death and Dying
Klein, Allen
Tarcher/Putnam, 1998
Love is
Stronger Than Death
Kreeft, P.
St. Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 1979
On
Death and Dying
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
Collier Books, 1997 Paperback
On
Death and Dying
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
Scribner 1997
To Live
Until We Say Goodbye
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
Fireside/Simon & Shuster, New York, 1978
Dying
with Dignity: A Plea for Personal Responsibility
Kung, H., and Jens, W.
Continuum, New York, 1995
When
Bad Things Happen to Good People
Kushner, H.S.
Avon, New York, 1981
The
Helper's Journey: Working with People Facing Grief, Loss, and Life-Threatening
Illness
Larson, Dale G.
Research Press, Champaign, IL, 1993
The
Hospice Choice: In pursuit of a Peaceful Death
Lattanzi-Licht, Marcia, Mahoney, John J. and Miller, Galen W.
Fireside, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1998
Adding
Value to Long-Term Care: An Administrator's Guide to Improving Patient
Experience, Staff Performance and Financial Health
Lazer, Dianne and Schwartz-Cassell, Tobi
Jossey-Bass, 2000
Who
Dies? An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying
Levine, Stephen
Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1982
A Grief
Observed
Lewis, C.S.
Bantam Books, New York, 1961
Facing
Death and Finding Hope: A Guide for the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the
Dying
Longaker, Christine
Doubleday, 1998
The
Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
Lynch, Thomas
WW Norton & Co, New York, 1997
By No
Means:
The Choice to Forgo Life-Sustaining Food and Water
Lynn, Joanne (Editor)
Indiana University Press, 1990
Handbook for Mortals:
Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness
Lynn, Joanne, and Harrold, Joan
Oxford University Press, 1999
Improving Care for the End of Life: A Sourcebook
Lynn, Joanne; Lynch Schuster, Janice; Kabcenell, Andrea
Oxford University Press, 2000
Elder
Rage: or Take My Father... Please!
Marcell, Jacqueline
Impressive Press, Second Edition, 2001
Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying
Malkin, Gary Remal and Stillwater, Michael
Companion Arts, 2000
Words to Live By:
A Journal of
Wisdom for Someone You Love
Marshall, Emily and Kate
Broadway Books, New York, April 2005
An
Ocean of Time: Alzheimer's Tales of Hope and Forgetting
Mathiasen, P.
Scribner, New York, 1997
DYING:
A Book of Comfort
McNees, P., Ed
Warner Books, 1998
Readings
in Thanatology
Morgan, John D., Ed.
Baywood Publishing, Amityville, New York, 1997
The
Singing Bird Will Come: An AIDS Journal
Noonan, John R.
Canticle Press, Latham, New York, 1997
Choices
at the End of Life: Finding Out What Your Parents Want Before It's Too Late
Norlander, Linda and McSteen, Kerstin
Fairview Press, 2001
How We
Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
Nuland, S.B.
Knopf, New York, 1994
What
the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living
Oliver, Reverend Samuel Lee
The Haworth Pastoral Press, New York, 1998
Death:
The Trip of a Lifetime
Palmer, Greg
Harper, San Francisco, 1993
Raising
Lazarus
Pensack, Robert and Williams, Dwight
G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1994
Nothing
Left Unsaid: Creating a Healing Legacy with Final Words and Letters
Polce-Lynch, Mary
Marlowe & Company, New York, 2006
A
Midwife Through the Dying Process: Stories of Healing and Hard Choice at the End
of Life
Quill, T.E.
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1997
I'm
Here to Help: A Guide for Caregivers, Hospice Workers, and Volunteers
Ray, M. Catherine
Bantam Books, New York, 1997
Kitchen
Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal
Remen, Rachel N.
Riverhead/Putnam, New York, 1996
My
Grandfathers Blessings : Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging
Remen, Rachel N.
Riverhead/Putnam, New York, 2001
The
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Rinpoche, Sogyal
Harper, San Francisco, 1992
Saying
Goodbye to Daniel: When Death is the Best Choice
Rothman, J.C.
Continuum, New York, 1995
The
Death of a Christian: The Order of Christian Funerals
Rutherford, R. and Barr, T.
The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 1990
Dying
At Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving
Sankar, Andrea
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1991
Living
Posthumously: Confronting the Loss of Vital Powers
Schmookler, A. B.
Henry Holt, New York, 1997
Surving
the Fall: The Personal Story of an AIDS Doctor
Selwyn, Peter A.
Yale University Press, 1998
Living
Our Dying: A Way to the Sacred in Everyday Life
Sharp, J.
Hyperion, New York, 1996
Forced
Exit: the Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder
Smith, Wesley J.
Times Books/Random House, New York, 1997
Illness
as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
Sontag, Susan
Anchor/Doubleday, New York, 1977
A Few
Months to Live
Staton, Jana; Shuy, Roger; and Byock, Ira
Georgetown University Press, Baltimore, 2001
A Time
to Grieve: Meditations for Healing After the Death of a Loved One
Staudacher, Carol
Harper, San Francisco, 1994
The
Presence of the Dead on the Spiritual Path
Steiner, Rudolf
Anthroposophic Press, New York, 1990
The
Healing Art of Storytelling
Stone, Richard
Hyperion, New York, 1997
Life
Worth Living: How Someone You Love Can Still Enjoy Life in a Nursing Home: The
Eden Alternative in Action
Thomas, W. H.
Acton VanderWyk & Burnham, 1996
My Own
Country: A Doctor's Story
Verghese, Abraham
Vintage Books/Random House, New York, 1995
The
Open Road: Walt Whitman on Death & Dying
Vest, Joe, ed.
Four Corners Editions, Mesa, 1996
Patience, Compassion and Hope, and the Christian Art of
Dying Well
Vogt,
Christopher P.
Rowman & Littlefield, 2004
The
Good Death: The New American Search to Reshape the End of Life
Webb, Marilyn
Bantam Books, 1997
Physician-Assisted Suicide
Weir, Robert F. Ed.
Indiana University Press, 1997
Affirming the Darkness: An Extended Conversation About Living With Prostate
Cancer
Wheeler, Chuck and Martha
Memoirs Unlimited, Beverly, MA, 1996
It's
All Good: Emails from a Dying Best Friend
Widran, Jonathan
Xlibris, 2003
Grace
and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber
Wilber, Ken
Shambhala, Boston, 1991
Refuge:
An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Williams, Terry Tempest
Vintage Books, New York, 1991
Mourning Has Broken: A Collection of Creative Writings
about Grief and Healing
Wolfelt, Alan
KOPE Associates, 2004
The
Healing Power of Creative Mourning
Yager, Jan
Hannacroix Creek Books, April 2000
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