SUNY Ulster - Death and Dying

Selected Resources ~ Death and Dying

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CATALIST BOOKS

Books can be located by author, title, or subject and are searchable in many other ways in Catalist, SUNY Ulster's Online Catalog.

Books not available in our collection may be available as an interlibrary loan from SUNYConnect Union Catalog.

Search for books using the terms death, bereavement, grief, hospice, euthanasia, AIDS (disease), funeral rites and ceremonies, and suicide.

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LOCATE ARTICLES IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS

Journal articles are the best source for finding current research.
Search in the following databases to find articles.

Academic Search Complete SUNY Connect logo (The journals Death Studies and Hastings Center Report are available in full text in this database.)

Health Reference Center Academic

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (See sections on assisted suicide, death, euthanasia, genocide, suicide, violence. Includes primary documents.)

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INTERNET RESOURCES

Encyclopedia of Death and Dying (Full text articles)
http://www.deathreference.com/index.html

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

End of Life Issues: Medline Plus
http://nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endoflifeissues.html

Coping with Loss: ADEC (Association for Death Education and Counseling)
http://www.adec.org/coping/index.cfm 

Doughy Center for Grieving Children & Families
http://www.dougy.org

Coping with Grief and Loss (American Cancer Association)
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MBC/MBC_4x_CopingGrief.asp

SAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
http://www.save.org

Funeral Consumers Alliance
http://www.funerals.org

City of the Silent-History of Cemeteries (with Timelines)
http://www.alsirat.com/silence/history.html

Project on Death in America (Open Society Institute)
http://www.soros.org/resources/articles_publications/publications/pdia_20040101

Euthanasia World Directory (Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization)
http://www.finalexit.org/

Guide to Death, Dying, Grief, Bereavement, and End of Life Resources
http://www.growthhouse.org/default.html

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

Grief and Loss (AARP)
http://www.aarp.org/families/grief_loss

Death Penalty Information Center
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org

The Body: The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource
http://www.thebody.com/index.html

On Our Own Terms (Moyers on Dying)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/index.html

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BOOKS IN OUR COLLECTION
(Use multiple search terms such as ‘death and dying’,  ‘end of life’, ‘grief’, ‘palliative care’, etc.)
Selected Books in the collection
American Way of Death Jessica Mitford
Being with dying : cultivating compassion and fearlessness in the presence of death Joan Halifax
Bereavement and Support Marylou Hughes
Children and Grief J. William Worden
Counseling individuals with life-threatening illness Kenneth J. Doka
Death/Grief and Caring Relationships Richard Kalish
Death to Dust Kenneth V. Iserson
Death’s door : modern dying and the ways we grieve Sandra M. Gilbert
Dreaming beyond death : a guide to pre-death dreams and visions Kelly Bulkeley and Patricia Bulkley
The drop edge of yonder : a novel Rudolph Wulitzer
Dying, Death, and Bereavement Inge Corless
Dying, death, and bereavement : a challenge for living Inge Corless, Barbara B. Germino, Mary A. Pittman, editors
Dying Time: Practical Wisdom for the Dying and their Caregivers
Joan Furman and David McNabb
Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth and the End of Life
Ira Byock
Final Passages Judith C. Ahronheim
The Good Death Marilyn Webb
Good grief : healing through the shadow of loss Deborah Morris Coryell
Grief and the Healing Arts Sandra L. Bertman
A Grief Observed C.S. Lewis
Handbook of Childhood Death and Bereavement
Charles A. Corr
House of Death Arnold Stein
How We Die Sherwin Nuland
The Last Dance: Encountering Death & Dying
Lynn DeSpelder
Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System Stephen P. Kiernan
Life and death decisions : psychological and ethical considerations in end-of-life care Phillip M. Kleespies
Life Lessons Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Living with Grief Kenneth Doka
The needs of the dying : a guide for bringing hope, comfort, and love to life’s final chapter David Kessler
Nurse to nurse. Palliative care Margaret L. Campbell
On Angel's Eve: Making the Most of Your Final Time Together Garnett Arledge
Our town : a play in three acts Thornton Wilder
Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life Marianne Matzo
Psychology of Death Robert Kastenbaum
Real life : preparing for the 7 most challenging days of your life Phil McGraw
Reflections of Life After Death Raymond Moody
Sorrow's Company Henry DeWitt
Staring at the sun : overcoming the terror of death Irvin D. Yalom
Talking about death Virginia Morris
Tibetan Book of the Dead Karma-glin-pa
To die well : your right to comfort, calm, and choice in the last days of life Sidney H. Wanzer
Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
Wheel of Life Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
When a child dies : how pediatric physicians and nurses cope Robert S. McKelvey
Your critically ill child : life and death choices parents must face Christopher M. Johnson

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OTHER HELPFUL SOURCES

THE CQ RESEARCHER (RR 050 E23). 1992- Reports with additional references on various social and political issues. Search for articles in recent issues on "Assisted Suicide", "Assisted Suicide Controversy", "Teenage Suicide", "Caring for the Dying", "Death Penalty Update", for overviews of these topics.

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