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Death & Dying
Planning Memorial Celebrations
Rob Baker
Memorial services are not so much rites for the dead as celebrations by the living
and for the living of the lives of those who have died. This practical and supportive
guide explains how to cope with all the details when efficiency is furthest from
your mind. Included are two sample memorial services, an annotated bibliography and
a quite amazing 21-page discography, as well as helpful information and advice on
funerals, cremation, undertakers and donating the body or its organs for medical
purposes. $17.95.
At Home With Dying:
A Practical and Spiritual Guide
to Caring for the Dying at Home
Merrill Collett
Includes mindfulness skills, effective pain treatments, appropriate cooking and feeding
techniques, household organization, visitor management, preparation for the moment
of death, and working with grief. $22.50.for medical purposes. $17.95.
Saying Kaddish:
How to Comfort the Dying,
Bury the Dead and Mourn as a Jew
Anita Diamant
Practical guidance and spiritual solace for life's hardest moments, by the author
of The New Jewish Wedding.
Anita Diamant's knowledge, sensitivity and clarity have made her one of the most
respected writers of guides to Jewish life. In Saying Kaddish, Diamant explores
the Jewish practices that attend the end of life from the sickroom to the funeral
to the week, month and year that follow, showing us how to make Judaism's time-honoured
rituals of death and bereavement into personal, meaningful sources of comfort. Additional
chapters cover special situations such as caring for grieving children, mourning
the death of a child, neonatal loss, suicide and the death of non-Jewish loved ones.
$19.95.
 Good
Medicine:
Heart Practices for Difficult Times
Pema Chodron
In Good Medicine, Pema Chodron continues the teachings of When Things Fall
Apart, showing how at the core of the most painful experiences lie the seeds
of spiritual awakening. Here she presents key teachings on recognizing and cultivating
the "soft spot" that is the gateway to compassion and open-heartedness.
She discusses the four great catalysts of awakening, and how to integrate them into
our lives; the basic goodness that is inherently ours; how the three noble principles
can enrich everything that we do; the matri meditation that multiples love; why an
attitude of "don't know" can be wiser than the world's greatest spiritual
teachings; and how to keep the heart open with equal fearlessness to both heartache
and delight. $29.95.
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Hospice Care
Beresford, Larry. The Hospice Handbook: A Complete Guide. 1993. Little. $14.95
US.
Buckingham, Robert W. Among Friends: Hospice Care for the Person with AIDS. 1992.
Prometheus Books. $15.95 US.
Buckingham, Robert W. and Rosemary Johnson Hurzeler. The Handbook of Hospice Care.
1996. Prometheus Books. $16.95 US.
Conlon, Patrick. Sanctuary: stories from Casey House Hospice.
Connor, Stephen R. Hospice: Practice, Pitfalls, Promises. 1997.
Harold, Joan K. and Joanne Lynn, eds. A Good Dying: Shaping Health Care for the
Last Months of Life. Haworth Press. 1998.
Jaffe, Carolyn & Ehrlich, Carol H. All Kinds of Love: Experiencing Hospice.
1997. $29.95 US. Baywood.
Lattanzi-Licht, Marcia et al. The Hospice Choice: In Pursuit of a Peaceful Death.
1998.
Ley, Dorothy C.H. and Harry von Bommel. The Heart of Hospice.
Munley, Anne. The Hospice Alternative: A New Context for Death and Dying. Basic
Books. 1983.
Siebold, Cathy. The Hospice Movement: Easing Death's Pains. 1992.
Sendor, Virginia F. Hospice and Palliative Care: Questions and Answers. 1997.
Hardcover.
Smith, Douglas C. Caregiving: Hospice-Proven Techniques for Healing Body and Soul.
1997. Hardcover.
Stoddard, Sandol. The Hospice Movement: A Better Way of Caring for the Dying.
1992. Random House. $15.00 US.
Wentzel, Kenneth B. To Those Who Need it Most, Hospice Means Hope. 1980. Charles
River Books. $9.95.
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Living and
Dying in a Modern Age
Bernard, Jan S. & Schneider, Miriam. The True Work of Dying: A Practical &
Compassionate Guide to Easing the Dying Process. 1996. Avon. $22.00
Browne-Miller, Angela. Embracing Death: Riding Life's Transitions Into Power and
Freedom. 1996.
Burnell, George M. Final Choices: To Live or to Die in an Age of Medical Technology.
1993. Hardcover.
Byock, Ira. Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life. 1998.
Cason-Reiser, G. et al. Dying 101: A Short Course in Living for the Terminally
Ill. 1996. Push the Envelope Press. $19.95
De Hennezel, Marie. Intimate Death. 1998. Knopf. $12.00
Furman, Joan. The Dying Time: Practical Wisdom for the Dying and Their Caregivers.
1997.
Keizer, Bert. Dancing with Mister D: Notes on life and death. 1997. Hardcover.
Kerr, Lee R. & Kerr, Delnetta J. Natural Death with Dignity: Protecting Your
Right to Refuse Medical Treatment. 1991. Kerr Publications. $19.95 US
Klein, Allen. The Courage to Laugh: Humor, Hope and Healing in the Face of Death
and Dying. 1998.
Kung, Hans. Dying With Dignity: A Plea for Personal Responsibility. 1998.
Lynch, Thomas. The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade. Not
as dismal as it sounds; actually these are beautiful essays written by a poet. $18.99
McCoy, Edain. Entering the Summerland: Customs and Rituals of Transition into
the Afterlife. 1996.
McNees, Pat, ed. Dying: A Book of Comfort. 1998.
Miller, James E. When You Know You're Dying: 12 Thoughts to Guide You Through
the Days Ahead. 1997. Willowgreen Publishing. $5.95 US
Reoch, Richard. To Die Well: A Holistic Approach for the Dying and Their Caregivers.
1997.
Seguin, Marilynne. A Gentle Death. Key Porter Books. 1994. $19.95
Shavelson, Lonny. A Chosen Death: The Dying Confront Assisted Suicide. 1995. Hardcover.
Tada, Joni Eareckson. When Is It Right To Die? Harper San Francisco. 1992.
Zucker, Marjorie B., ed. Medical Futility: And the Evaluation of Life-Sustaining
Interventions. 1997.
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Hospice and the
Caregiver
Ray, M. Catherine. I'm Here to Help: A Guide for Caregivers, Hospice Workers and
Volunteers. 1997.
Saunders, Cicely M. Living with Dying: A Guide for Palliative Carers. 3rd ed.
OUP. $21.95.
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Hospice at Home
At Home With Dying: A Practical and Spiritual Guide
to Caring for the Dying at Home
Merrill Collett
Includes mindfulness skills, effective pain treatments, appropriate cooking and feeding
techniques, household organization, visitor management, preparation for the moment
of death, and working with grief. $22.50. Coming September
1999.
Appleton, Michael. At Home With Terminal Illness: A Family Guide to Hospice in
the Home. 1994. Prentice-Hall. $17.60 US
Collett, Merrill. Stay Close and Do Nothing: a Spiritual and Practical Guide to
Caring for the Dying at Home. 1997. Hardcover.
Doyle, Derek. Caring for A Dying Relative: a Guide for Families. 1994. OUP. $18.95
US
Grollman, Earl A. Caring and Coping When Your Loved One is Seriously Ill. 1995.
Horowitz, Karen E. Witness to Illness: Strategies for Caregiving and Coping. Addison-Wesley.
1992. $15.95
Miller, James E. One You Love Is Dying: 12 Ideas to Guide You on the Journey.
1997. Willowgreen Publishing. $5.95 US
Nieboer, Laura. Home Care Organizer: a Resource for Your Family. 1997. Ring-bound.
Pathway for Patients and Families Facing Terminal Illness. 1997. National Hospice.
$11.85.
Rose, Minnie B. Little Black Book of Home Carecues. 1996.
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Spiritual
Perspectives on Caring for the Dying
Cassidy, Sheila. Sharing the Darkness: the Spirituality of Caring. 1992.
Kalina, Kathy and Josefina B. Bagno. Midwife for Souls: Spiritual Care for the
Dying. 1995.
Longaker, Christine. Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and
Spiritual Care of the Dying. 1998.
Smith, Doug and Marilu Pittman (illus). The Tao of Dying: a Guide to Caring. 1998.
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Terminal Care of
Children
Armstrong-Dailey, Ann, ed. Hospice Care for Children. 1993. OUP. $45.00 (hardcover).
Dominica, Frances. Listen - My Child Has a Lot of Living To Do: The Partnership
Between Parents and Professionals in Caring for Children with Life-Threatening Condition.
1990. OUP. $15.95 US
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Palliative Care
Clark, David, ed. New Themes in Palliative Care. 1997.
Hockley, Jo R. Hospital-Based Palliative Care Teams: the Hospital Hospice Interface.
1998.
Penson, Jenny and Ronald Fisher, eds. Palliative Care for People with Cancer.
1995.
Randall, Fiona and R.S. Downie. Palliative Care Ethics: A Good Companion. 1996.
Saunders, Cicely M. et al. Living with Dying: A Guide for Palliative Care. 1995.
Sims, Ruth and Veronica Moss. Palliative Care for People With AIDS. 1997. Hardcover.
Twycross, Robert G. Introducing Palliative Care. 1997.
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