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Thanatology (End of life Issues) Grief/ Bereavement and the Afterlife
Thanatology - Helping at the End of Life

Benor, Ruth. Healing unto death, in: Benor, Daniel J, Healing Research: Volume I, Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001, 132-138.

Field, Marilyn J. / Cassel, Christine K. (eds). Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life, (Institute of Medicine Publication) Washington, DC: National Academy 1997.

Foos-Graber, A. Deathing: An Intelligent Alternative for the Final Moments of Life, York Beach, ME: Nicholas Hays 1989.
357 pp  16pp annotated bibliography  Excellent discussion, focus on Eastern perspectives relevant to Western world views

Jackson, M. E. Mueller The use of Therapeutic Touch in the nursing care of the terminally ill person, Chapter 7 (pp. 72-79) in: Borelli M. D and Heidt P. (Eds), Therapeutic Touch: A Book of Readings, New York: Springer 1981

James, J.W. and Cherry, F. The Grief Recovery Handbook: A Step by Step Program for Moving Beyond Loss, New York: Perennial/Harper and Row 1988

Kirkpatrick, Bill.  Going Forth, a Practical & Spiritual Approach to Dying & Death, Darton, Longman, and Todd Ltd. 1997.

Krammer, Kenneth. The Sacred Art of Dying: How World Religions Understand Death, Paulist Press, 1988.

Kuhl, David, What Dying People Want: Practical Wisdom for the End of Life, Canada: Doubleday/ Random House 2002.

Nuland, Sherwin B. How We Die, New York: Knopf, 1994.

Rinpoche, Sogyal: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, New York: HarperSanFrancisco 1992

Singh, Kathleen Dowling. The Grace in Dying: A Message of Hope, Comfort, and Spiritual Transformation, San Francisco/New York: HarperCollins 1998

Smith, Rodney. Lessons from the Dying, Boston: Wisdom 1998.


 

Pre-Death Visions

Morse, Melvin with Perry, Paul, Parting Visions: An Exploration of Pre-Death Psychic and Spiritual Experiences, New York: Villard/Random House 1994.

 

Bereavement

Bowen, Murray. Family reaction to death, in: Guerin, Philip J. Jr. Family Therapy: Theory and Practice,  New York: Gardener/ John Wiley 1976, 335-348.

Cogrove, Melba et. al., How To Survive the Loss of a Love, 1976, New York: Bantam.

Greene, Lorri A/ Landis, Jacquelyn, Saying Goodbye to the Pet You Love: A Complete Resource to Help You Heal, New Harbinger Press 2002

James, J. W.  and Cherry, F. The Grief Recovery Handbook: A Step by Step Program for Moving Beyond Loss, New York: Perennial/Harper and Row 1988 

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth, Death: the Final Stage of Growth, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall 1975.

Lee, J. At My Father's Wedding: Reclaiming Our True Masculinity London: Piagkus 1992 

Murphy, Michael, The Wisdom of Dying: Practices for Living, Longmead, England: Element 1988.

Rando, Therese A. How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, New York: Bantam Books 1991.

Rose, Xenia, Widow's Journey  A Return to Living,  Human Horizons Series, ISBN 0-285-65098-X.

St. Aubyn, L..  Today is a Good Day to Die, Bath, UK: Gateway 1991

Sanders, Catherine M.  Surviving Grief and Learning To Live Again, New York:.John Wiley & Sons 1992.

Sarnoff Schiff, H. The Bereaved Parent, Condor/Souvenir ISBN 0-285-64891-8

Schneidman, Edwin, Voices of Death, New York  Harper & Row 1980.

Seibert, Dinah, et al, Are You Sad too? Helping Children Deal with Loss and Death, Santa Cruz, CA: ETR Associates 1993.

Smith, Rodney, Lessons from the Dying, Boston, MA: Wisdom 1998.

Staudacher, C. Beyond Grief: A Guide for Recovering from the Death of a Loved One, USA: New Harbinger 1987 London: Condor/Souvenir 1988.

Wilber, Ken, Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber, Boston, MA: Gill and Macmillan 1991.

Worden, William J. Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: a Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner, New York: Springer 1991

 

Bereavement Apparitions

Amatuzio, Janis. Forever Ours: A Forensic Pathologist's Perspective on Immortality and Living - A Collection of Real-Life Stories, Minneapolis, MN: Midwest Forensic Pathology, P.A., 3960 Coon Rapid Blvd., LL21, Coon Rapids, MN 55433 www.foreverours.com

Barrett, Sir William. Death-Bed Visions,London: Methuen 1926.

Gallup, George Jr. Adventures in Immortality, New York: McGraw-Hill 1982

Vargas, Luis A., et al., Exploring the multidimensional aspects of grief reactions, American Journal of Psychiatry 1989, 146(11), 1484-9.
Survey of bereaved, asking, "Have you sensed the presence of the person who passed on?" 2/3 said, "Yes."

Wills-Brandon, Carla. One Last Hug Before I Go: The Mystery and Meaning of Deathbed Visions, Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc. 2000.

 

Views on Afterlife Existence

Beard, Paul. Living On, London/ Boston: George Allen & Unwin 1980.

Beard, Paul. Survival of Death, Tasburgh, England: Pilgrims 1966.

Drake. Stanley. Though you Die, Death and Life Beyond Death, Floris Books, 2002.

Krammer, Kenneth. The Sacred Art of Dying: How World Religions Understand Death, Paulist Press, 1988.

Ma'sumian, Farnaz. Life after Death: A Study of the Afterdeath of World Religions, Oxford: Oneworld, 1995.

Miller, Sukie/ Lipsett, Suzanne. After Death: How People Around the World Map the Journey After Life, New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster 1998.

Raphael, Simcha Paull. Jewish Views of the Afterlife, Aronson 1994.

Schwartz, Gary.  The Afterlife Experiments, Pocket Books, 2002, 374 p., $25 h/b

Smith, Susy.  The Afterlife Codes: Searching for Evidence of the Survival of the Soul, Hampton Roads, 2000, p. xii + 243, p/b $14.95

Steiner, Rudolf. Life Between Death and Rebirth, New York: Anthroposophic Press, 1964.

 

 

 

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