After the Death of a Child: Living with Loss Through the Years.
Ann K. Finkbeiner. Johns Hopkins University Press. 1998.
All Our Losses, All Our Griefs: Resources for Pastoral Care. Kenneth
R. Mitchell and Herbert Anderson. Westminster Press. 1983.
The Art of Condolence: What to Write, What to Say, What to Do at a
Time of Loss. Leonard M. Zunin, M.D. and Hilary Stanton Zunin. 1991.
Beyond Grief: A Guide for Recovering from the Death of a Loved One.
Carol Staudacher. New Harbinger Publications. 1987.
Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Helping Children with Complicated
Grief--Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence, and Abuse. Linda Goldman.
Taylor & Francis. 2001.
Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal. Beth
Witrogen McLeod. John Wiley & Sons. 1999.
Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional Responses. Edited
by Kenneth J. Doka and Joyce D. Davidson. Hospice Foundation of America.
2001.
A Child Dies: A Portrait of Family Grief. Joan Hagan Arnold and
Penelope Buschman Gemma. Charles Press Publishers. 1994.
The Courage to Grieve: Creative Living, Recovery, & Growth Through
Grief. Judy Tatelbaum. Perennial Library. 1984.
Crises and Growth: Making the Most of Hard Times. Anita L. Spencer,
Ph.D. Paulist Press. 1989.
Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, Bereavement.
Bert Hayslip, Jr. and Cynthia A. Peveto. Springer. 2005.
Cry Until You Laugh: A Practical Approach to Grief and Death.
Richard J. Obershaw. 1992.
Death and Dying: Understanding and Care. Barbara A. Backer, Natalie
R. Hannon and Noreen A. Russell. Delmar Publishers Inc. 1994.
Dying, Death, and Bereavement: A Challenge for Living. Edited by
Inge Corless, Barbara B. Germino, and Mary A. Pittman. 2nd edition. Springer.
2003.
Death Without Denial, Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death
and Loss. Barbara K. Roberts. NewSage Press. 2002.
Disenfranchised Grief: Recognizing Hidden Sorrow. Edited by Kenneth
J. Doka. Lexington Books. 1989.
Don't Let Death Ruin Your Life: A Practical Guide to Reclaiming Happiness
After the Death of a Loved One. Jill Brooke. Plume Book. 2002.
Dying Well: A Guide to Enabling a Good Death. Julia Neuberger.
Hochland & Hochland. 1999.
Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death, and Grief. Taylor & Francis. 1993.
Families Facing Death. Elliott J. Rosen. Lexington Books. 1990.
The Forgotten Mourners: Guidelines for Working with Bereaved Children.
Sister Margaret Pennells and Susan C. Smith. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 1995.
Grave Words: Notifying Survivors About Sudden, Unexpected Deaths.
Kenneth Iserson. Galen Press. 1999.
Grief as a Family Process: A Developmental Approach to Clinical Practice.
Ester R. Shapiro. Guilford Press. 1994.
Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health
Practitioner. J. William Worden, Ph.D. Springer Publishing Company.
2002.
Grief, Dying, and Death: Clinical Interventions for Caregivers.
Therese A. Rando. Research Press. 1984.
The Grief Recovery Handbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Moving Beyond
Loss. John W. James and Frank Cherry. Harper & Row. 1988.
The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends. Helen
Fitzgerald. Simon & Schuster. 2000.
Guiding Your Child Through Grief. Mary Ann Emswiler and James Emswiler.
Bantam Books. 2000.
Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness.
Joanne Lynn and Joan Harrold. Oxford University Press. 1999.
Handbook of Bereavement Research: Consequences, Coping, and Care.
Edited by Margaret S. Stroebe, Robert O. Hansson, Wolfgang Stroebe, and
Henk Schut. American Psychological Association. 2001.
Healing and the Grief Process. Sally S. Roach and Beatriz C. Nieto.
Delmar Publishers. 1997.
Healing Conversations: What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say.
Nance Guilmartin. Jossey-Bass. 2002.
The Healing Journey Through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and
Recovery. Phil Rich. John Wiley & Sons. 1999.
Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope: How to Guide Children and Teens
through Times of Divorce, Death, and Crisis with the RAINBOWS Approach.
Suzy Yehl Marta. Rodale. 2003.
The Helper's Journey: Working With People Facing Grief, Loss, and Life-Threatening
Illness. Dale G. Larson. Research Press 1993.
How Do We Tell the Children?: A Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children
Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies. Dan Schaefer and Christine Lyons.
Newmarket Press. 2001.
How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies. Therese A. Rando.
Bantam Books. 1991.
How to Start and Lead A Bereavement Support Group. Alan Wolfelt. Batesville
Management Services, 1994.
Improving Care for the End of Life: A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers
and Clinicians. Joanne Lynn, Janice Lynch Schuster, and Andrea Kabcenell.
Oxford University Press. 2000.
A Journey Through Grief. Alla Renee Bozarth. CompCare Publishers.
1990.
Life After Loss: Conquering Grief and Finding Hope. Raymond A.
Moody, Jr. and Dianne Arcangel. Harper San Francisco. 2001.
Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children. Linda Goldman.
Accelerated Development, Inc. 2000.
Life is Goodbye Live is Hello: Grieving Well Through All Kinds of Loss.
Alla Bozarth-Campbell, Ph.D. 1986.
Living with Grief: Alzheimer’s Disease. Edited by Kenneth
J. Doka. Hospice Foundation of America. 2004.
Living with Grief: Loss in Later Life. Edited by Kenneth J. Doka.
Hospice Foundation of America. 2002.
Loss and Bereavement. Sheila Payne, Sandra Horn, and Marilyn Relf.
Open University Press. 1999.
Loss and Bereavement in Childbearing. Rosemary Mander. Routledge. 2006.
Loss in Pregnancy: Guidelines for Midwives. Marie McDonald. Bailliere
Tindall. 1996.
Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family. Edited by Froma Walsh
and Monica McGoldrick. W.W. Norton & Company. 1995.
Living with Grief: Children, Adolescents, and Loss. Taylor & Francis. 2000.
Living with Grief: Who We Are How We Grieve. Taylor & Francis. 1998.
Living with Grief After Sudden Loss: Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart
Attack, Stroke. Kenneth J. Doka, PhD. Taylor & Francis. 1996.
Living with Grief at Work, at School, at Worship. Joyce Davidson
and Kenneth Doka. Taylor & Francis. 1999.
Living with Grief When Illness is Prolonged. Taylor & Francis. 1997.
On Bereavement: The Culture of Death. Tony Walter. Open University
Press. 1999.
One More Star in Heaven Now: A Guide to Comforting Someone Who Is Grieving
in Life and at Work. Ann Van Buskirk. Blue Point Books, 1999.
The Orphaned Adult: Confronting the Death of a Parent. Rabbi Marc
D. Angel, Ph.D. Insight Books. 1987.
The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change
After the Death of Our Parents. Alexander Levy. Perseus Books. 1999.
Pain and Possibility: Writing Your Way Through Personal Crisis.
Gabriele Lusser Rico. Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. 1991.
The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices:
A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies.
Edited by Stuart M. Matlins. Skylight Paths Publishing. 2000.
A Personal Guide to Living with Loss. Elaine Vail. Yeast and Associates. 1995.
Perspectives on Death and Dying: Cross-Cultural and Multi-Disciplinary
Views. Charles Press. 1989.
The Phoenix Phenomenon: Rising from the Ashes of Grief. Joanne
Jozefowski. Jason Aronson. 1999.
Psychosocial Dimensions of Oncology Nursing Care. Oncology Nursing
Society. 1998.
Remembering with Love: Messages of Hope for the First Year of Grieving
and Beyond. Elizabeth Levang, Ph.D. and Sherokee Ilse. Deaconess Press. 1992.
Sudden Death in Childhood: Support for the Bereaved Family. Ann
Dent and Alison Stewart. Butterworth Heinemann. 2004.
Surviving Pregnancy Loss. Rochelle Friedman and Bonnie Gradstein.
Citadel Press. 1996.
To Listen, To Comfort, To Care: Reflections on Death and Dying.
Barbara A. Backer, Natalie R. Hannon, and Joan Young Gregg. Delmar Publishers
Inc. 1994.
Treatment of Complicated Mourning. Therese A. Rando. Research Press.
1993.
Unresolved Grief: A Practical, Multicultural Approach for Health Professionals.
John C. Gunzburg. Chapman and Hall. 1993.
What Helped Me When My Loved One Died. Earl A. Grollman. Beacon
Press. 1981.
What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living. Samual Lee Oliver. Haworth.
1998.
When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent. Rebecca
Abrams. Routledge. 1999.
When Part of the Self is Lost: Helping Clients Health After Sexual
and Reproductive Losses. Constance Hoenk Shapiro. Jossey-Bass Publishers. 1993.
When Pregnancy Fails: Families Coping with Miscarriage, Ectopic Pregnancy,
Stillbirth, and Infant Death. Susan Borg and Judith Lasker. Bantam
Books. 1988.
When Someone Dies: A Practical Guide to Holistic Care at the End of
Life. Hannah Cooke. Butterworth-Heinemann. 2000.
Working with Bereaved People. Ann Faulkner. Churchill Livingstone. 1995.
Videos
Assistance with Grief [1 video]. Costa Mesa, CA: Lifecircle, 1989.
12 minutes.
Synopsis: Help for health care professionals who assist
those experiencing the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth,
or infant death; how support groups can help; working through the grief
process.
Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional Losses. With:
Cokie Roberts (Moderator), Kenneth Doka, Bernice Harper, Carol Levine,
Susan Reinhard, and Myrl Weinberg. A 142-minute video in two parts. Hospice
Foundation of America. 2001.
Synopsis: Identifies the needs of family caregivers and
explores how professionals can help; discusses the dynamics of caregiving
- what it is, who provides it, where it happens; outlines government
and workplace policies that effect caregiving; details programs and
practices that make a difference for caregivers; documents caregiving
experiences and the support professionals can provide.
Children Die, Too. [1 video]. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities
& Sciences, 1990. 26 minutes. With Dr. Sandra Fox of Boston's Good
Grief program, and others.
Note: Recommended by Death Studies.
Synopsis: Art therapy classes for children; sudden death of a child;
childhood diseases; birth defects; miscarriages; stillborns. A couple
who lost their three-year-old, a teenager whose sister dies from leukemia,
and others who have lived through the death of a child talk about their
experiences, and specialists in dealing with childhood terminal disease
and death talk about how people can help each other and how surviving
children can be helped to express grief.
Communication Skills For Effective Helping. [1 video]. San Carlos,
CA: Scro Publications, 1991. 36 minutes. (The Caring Helper; Skills for
Caregiving in Grief and Loss). With Dale G. Larson.
Synopsis: Demystifying the art of helping; attending
skills; communication microskills; reflecting content and feelings;
grief's questions.
The Dynamics of Loss. [1 video]. Carrollton, TX: HSTN, 2001.
30 minutes. With: Maureen V. Runyon.
Synopsis: This program discusses loss through expected
or unexpected death and the unique circumstances associated with each;
stages of grief; and strategies to assess and assist patients and their
families in the grieving and healing process.
Facing Death. [4 videos with guide] Austin, TX: Family Experiences
Production. 1997. 50 minutes.
Synopsis: Part 1) Providing physical, emotional and spiritual
comfort to loved ones: pain management; stages of dying; spiritual comfort;
caring for the patient; disfigurements; going inward; taking a break;
humor; therapy and counseling. Part 2) Practical planning and legal
issues: wills; sources of help in writing a will; living wills and advance
directives; funeral arrangements; organ donation; donating your body
to science; bills and insurance. Part 3) Understanding End-of-Life Patient
Needs; focuses on a range of intense concerns and emotions including:
honesty, denial, anger, hope and miracles, making preparations, and
seeking the important. Part 4) The Gift of Being There; ways of being
there, being there with grace, being there while you can, being there
for the comatose patient, being there--a family issue.
Fear and Anger. [1 video with guide]. Nashville, TN: UMCom Productions,
1984. 30 minutes. (Growing Through Grief: Personal Healing series). With
Howard Clinebell and Martha Hickman.
Synopsis: Stresses that anger and fear are often items
of unfinished business in the grief process, and that vulnerability
accompanies grief and pushes one to reevaluate relationships, self,
and spiritual beliefs.
Five Tasks of Grief Work. [1 video with guide]. Nashville, TN:
UMCom Productions, 1984. 24 minutes. (Growing Through Grief: Personal
Healing series). With Howard Clinebell and Martha Hickman.
Synopsis: Five essential tasks to help heal grief --
1) Accept the reality of loss, 2) Experience and talk about painful
feelings caused by loss until healing takes place, 3) Make decisions
and take constructive actions to put life back together, 4) Put loss
into a wider context of meaning and faith, 5) Reach out for mutual help
to others who have suffered losses.
Grief and Loss. [1 video]. San Carlos, CA: Scro Publications,
1991. 34 minutes. (The Caring Helper; Skills for Caregiving in Grief and
Loss). With Dale G. Larson.
Synopsis: Grief defined; how loss affects us; the stages
of grief; the tasks of grief; complicated grief; specific interventions.
Grief in America. [1 video]. Boston, MA: Fanlight Productions,
1997. 58 minutes. By Bert Atkinson, Narrated by Anthony Edwards.
Synopsis: Examines common myths about grieving, the importance
of social supports, the impact of ethnic traditions regarding grief,
and the social costs of unresolved grieving.
Grieving and Healing. [1 video]. Sherborn, MA: Aquarius Productions,
Inc., 1995 66 minutes.
Synopsis: Discusses personal grief, parental and child
grief, and the effect of loss on relationships, faith, hope and love.
Growth from Divorce. [1 video with guide]. Nashville, TN: UMCom
Productions, 1984. 28 minutes. (Growing through Grief: Personal Healing
series). With Howard Clinebell and Martha Hickman.
Synopsis: Divorce's cluster of losses and combined feelings
of resentment, anger, bitterness, guilt, rage, rejection and damaged
self-esteem; five ways to help with the grief of divorce--1) complete
grief work before moving on to new relationships, 2) reach out to others
who have similar experiences to help them and for help, 3) apply learning
to future relationships, 4) build a support group, and 5) get professional
help.
Guidelines for Listening and Helping. [1 video]. San Carlos,
CA: Scro Publications, 1991. 24 minutes. (The Caring Helper; Skills for
Caregiving in Grief and Loss). With Dale G. Larson.
Synopsis: Enhancing self-esteem; helping people tell
their stories; myths and mistakes in helping; the trivialization of
distress; things to remember.
Healing Guilt. [1 video with guide]. Nashville, TN: UMCom Productions,
1984. 30 minutes. (Growing Through Grief: Personal Healing series). With
Howard Clinebell and Martha Hickman.
Synopsis: Appropriate and inappropriate guilt; resolving
guilt; grief-related guilt; the role of dreams in grief work.
The Helper's Journey. [1 video]. San Carlos, CA: Scro Publications,
1991. 29 minutes. (The Caring Helper; Skills for Caregiving in Grief and
Loss). With Dale G. Larson.
Synopsis: Stress and stress management; invisible stressors;
burnout: the cost of caring; antidotes to burnout; personal and professional
growth; a model of stress and coping.
Infections of the Grief Wound. [1 video with guide]. Nashville,
TN: UMCom Productions, 1984. 28 minutes. (Growing Through Grief: Personal
Healing series). With Howard Clinebell and Martha Hickman.
Synopsis: Symptoms of infected grief wounds--depression,
denial, personality changes; ways of dealing with infection--expressing
hard feelings, counseling, laughter; ways repressed feelings can be
released--talking, vigorous exercise.
Invincible Summer: Returning to Life Ater Someone You Love Has Died.
[1 video]. Fort Wayne, IN: Envision, Inc., 1989. 16 minutes. [VC 1365]
Synopsis: Presents a life-affirming meditation filled
with comforting wisdom and inspiring photography designed to usher mourners
through their grief.
Living with Grief: Alzheimer's Disease. [2 videos]. Washington,
DC: Hospice Foundation of America, 2004. 137 minutes. With: Cokie Roberts.
Note: 4/4/2004 presentation
Synopsis: Includes a medical overview of Alzheimer's disease which includes
the early signs, symptoms, and comparison with other types of dementia,
with emphasis on the importance of early diagnosis; covers programs
and services for patients and families; discusses grief and mourning
as experienced by families, caregivers and patients; addresses the challenges
and opportunities for hospice; includes public policy issues.
Living With Grief At Work, At School, At Worship. [1 video].
[S.l.]: Hospice Foundation of America, 1999. 148 minutes.
Note: 4/19/99 presentation.
Synopsis: Panel discusses how grief effects us in the workplace and
other areas. Topics covered include dispelling common myths about grief,
how grief manifests itself in the workplace, what resources schools
can offer to students and staff dealing with grief, the role of the
spiritual community in support, and how caregivers can deal with their
stress while helping others deal with grief.
Living with Grief: Children, Adolescents and Loss. [2 videos].
Hospice Foundation of America, 2000. 143 minutes. With: Moderator, Cokie
Roberts and panelists: Charles Corr, Kenneth Doka Margarita Suarez Nancy
Boyd Webb.
Note: Live satellite teleconference broadcast April 26,
2000.
Synopsis: A panel discusses how children and adolescents react to loss.
Living with Grief: Coping with Public Tragedy. [1 video]. Location
unknown: Hospice Foundation of America, 2003. 143 minutes. With: Cokie
Roberts (Moderator), Kenneth J. Doka, LaVone Hazell, Marcia Lattanzi-Licht,
Nadine Reimer Penner, and Marlene A. Young.
Note: 4/30/2003 broadcast
Synopsis: This program looks at factors that define a public tragedy
and offers insight and advice to organizations and professionals as
they support their communities and help those coping with loss. The
effects of tragedies such as 9-11, Hurricane Andrew, Oklahoma City and
other significant national events are examined.
Living with Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life. [2 videos].
Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America, 2005. 147 minutes. With:
Michael Putney (Moderator), Kenneth J. Doka, William H. Colby, Charles
A. Corr, Richard B. Fife, Jack Gordon, Bernice Harper, Bruce Jennings,
Bill Lamers, and JoAnne Reifsnyder.
Note: 4/20/2005 presentation
Synopsis: Explores the ethical and legal framework that we as a nation
have come to agree on, recognizing, as the Schiavo case demonstrates,
that not everyone agrees with these principles; explores the disconnect
between this framework and putting it into practice; discusses disclosure,
communication, goals of care, advanced planning, and surrogate decision
making; discusses artificial hydration and nutrition; covers physician
assisted suicide, ethics and policy, implications for survivors who
are part of the ethical decisions, and the impact on professionals touched
by ethical dilemmas.
Living with Grief: Loss in Later Life. [1 video]. Rochester, MN:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 2002. 150 minutes.
With: Cokie Roberts.
Note: Live satellite teleconference broadcast April 24,
2002.
Living with Grief: Who We Are, How We Grieve. [2 videos with guide].
Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America, 1998. 150 minutes. Cokie
Roberts, moderator.
Synopsis: Topics discussed include what is grief; the
roles of culture and spirituality in the grieving process; influences
of age, gender, and class on grieving; and the implications for professional
caregivers.
Living with Grief When Illness is Prolonged. [3 videocassettes].
Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Video Communications, 1997. 2 hr. 45 min. Cokie
Roberts, moderator.
Note: Teleconference hosted by Mayo Hospice Program.
Synopsis: Tape 1 and 2. Introduction ; nature of grief ; faces of grief
; strategies for intervention ; caring for the caregiver. Each segment
is followed by a call-in period. Tape 3. Discussion Group.
Making Support Groups Work. [1 video]. San Carlos, CA: Scro Publications,
1991. 35 minutes. (The Caring Helper; Skills for Caregiving in Grief and
Loss). With Dale G. Larson.
Synopsis: How support groups help; ground rules and guidelines;
facilitating a support group; support group exercise; typical problems
and evaluation.
Men and Grief. [1 video]. Seattle, WA: Paul Holt Productions,
1995. 58 minutes.
Synopsis: Examines the experiences of eight men who have
dealt with the death of a parent, spouse, child, sibling, or friend;
discusses society's response to death, anger issues, the cost of avoiding
and benefits of dealing with grief.
The Pitch of Grief: A Program About Loss, Grief . . . and Recovery.
[1 video]. Boston, MA: Fanlight Productions, 1985. 30 minutes. Co-production
of the Newton Cable Television Foundation and Eric Stange.
Note: Winner of the National Hospice Organization's Film
of the Year Award.
Synopsis: The emotional process of grieving; intimate interviews with
four men and women, young and old, who have lost loved ones and lived
through the aftermath; a helpful exploration of pain and loss, not only
for the bereaved person, but for family, friends, and health care workers
who are often looked to for support and understanding; a program for
all who will someday face the loss of a loved one.
Saying "Goodbye" to Our Losses. [1 video with guide].
Nashville, TN: UMCom Productions, 1984. 28 minutes. (Growing Through Grief:
Personal Healing series). With Howard Clinebell and Martha Hickman.
Synopsis: The "empty chair" technique in the
process of releasing losses; importance of moving on to the next stage;
the role of releasing past losses in this accomplishment.
Understanding Psycholgocial Trauma. [2-1/2" videotapes with
guide]. Urbana, IL: Carle Medical Communications, 1990. Part 1: 29 minutes;
Part 2: 32 minutes.
Note: For health professionals, educators, and clergy
who deal with survivors and victims of traumatizing events including
homicide, suicide, community or workplace violence, natural disaster,
terrorism, or war.
Synopsis: Part I) Learning from Survivors [initial trauma reactions;
dissociation; biphasic response: intrusion & numbing; disruption
of self; trust & safety; validation]. Part II) Healing and Recovery
[telling the story; second injury; heading]. A series of documentaries
that present personal accounts complemented by comments and observations
by prominent clinicians in the area of post-traumatic stress.
You as a Helper. [1 video]. San Carlos, CA: Scro Publications,
1991. 29 minutes. (The Caring Helper; Skills for Caregiving in Grief and
Loss). With Dale G. Larson.
Synopsis: The caring person; the rewards of helping;
helping as a natural process; the challenge of caring; emotional involvement;
avoiding the helper's pit.
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