Books
Jenkinson, S. March 17, 2015. Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, North Atlantic Books
Wendy Cadge, W. June 14,2022. Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-first Century: An Introduction. Univ of North Carolina Pr.
Satir, V. Oct 31, 2006. The Satir Model: Family Therapy and Beyond. Science and Behavior Books
Karns, B. January 1, 2008. Gone from My Sight: The Dying Experience. Barbara Karnes Publishing
Fitchett, G. January 1, 2002 Assessing Spiritual Needs. Academic Renewal Press; 1st edition by George Fitchett
Wannemacher, M. September 25, 2020. Let's Talk About It. Now!: The Guided Conversation for End-of-Life Care. Indy Pub
Dunn, Hank. July 1, 2009. Hard Choices for Loving People: CPR, Artificial Feeding, Comfort Care, and the Patient with a Life-Threatening Illness, Quality of Life Publishing Co.; Sixth edition
Church, F. September 1, 2008. Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow. Beacon Press; 1st edition
J. Swinton. (Author, Editor), David Willows (Author, Editor), Paul Ballard (Contributor), Stephen Pattison (Contributor), Emmanuel Y Lartey (Contributor) Spiritual Dimensions of Pastoral Care: Practical Theology in a Multidisciplinary Context, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Dykstra, R. C. January 1, 2005. Images of Pastoral Care. Chalice Press
Worden .J. W. Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, Fourth Edition: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner 4th Edition. Springer Publishing Company; 4th edition
Frank, A. August 28, 2013. The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics. University of Chicago Press
Canda, E. Furman, L. November 12, 2019. Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice: The Heart of Helping, Oxford University Press
Augsburger, D. February 16,2009. Caring Enough to Confront: How to Understand and Express Your Deepest Feelings Toward Others. Revell
Roberts, S. B. November 1, 2011. Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook. SkyLight Paths publishing
Pruyser, P. W. January 1, 1976. The Minister as Diagnostician: Personal Problems in Pastoral Perspective. Westminster John Knox Press
Hilsman. G.J. April 23, 2022. Confrontation in Spiritual Care: an Anthology for Clinical Caregivers. Independently published
by Michael R. Leming. M.R., Dickinson, G.E. Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement 9th Edition, Cengage Learning
Edition by Kenneth J. Doka PhD Springer. August 8, 2013. Counseling Individuals with Life Threatening Illness. 2nd Publishing Company
by James E Miller, Susan Cutshall. September 21, 2001. The Art of Being a Healing Presence. Willowgreen Publishing
Julie M. Milne Phd, Julie M. Milne. August 15, 2012. Sacred Transitions: Taking a More Conscious Role with Dying. Outskirts Press
Jennifer Sutton Holder, Jann Aldredge-Clanton. Parting: A Handbook for Spiritual Care Near the End of Life. The University of North Carolina Press
David Shields. February 10, 2009. The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead. Vintage; Reprint edition
Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. W. W. Norton & Company
Avery D Weisman. January 1, 1972. On dying and denying: A psychiatric study of terminality (Gerontology series) Behavioral Publications
Wendy Cadge. Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine. University of Chicago Press;
Carrie Doehring. February 16, 2006. The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach. Westminster John Knox Press
Leslene Della Madre. January 2, 2006. Midwifing Death: Returning to the Arms of the Ancient Mother. Plain View Press
Starhawk, M. Macha NightMare. October 8, 1997. The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over . HarperOne
Megory Anderson. December 24, 2003. Sacred Dying: Creating Rituals for Embracing the End of Life. Da Capo Lifelong Books.
Kenneth Kramer. January 1, 1988. The Sacred Art of Dying: How the World Religions Understand Death. Paulist Press;
Ram Dass, Mirabai Bush. June 21, 2022. Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying. Sounds True
Caitlin Doughty. September 28, 2015. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory. W. W. Norton & Company
Steve Gordon, Irene Kacandes. November 10, 2015. Let's Talk About Death: Asking the Questions that Profoundly Change the Way We Live and Die. Prometheus Press
Atul Gawande. January 1, 2015. Being Mortal. Profile Books Ltd
Henry Fersko-Weiss LCSW. March 1, 2017. Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death. Red Wheel
Katy Butler. June 10, 2014. Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death Scribner;
David Kessler. April 1, 2016 Healing Grief Card Deck: 55 Practices to Find Peace, PESI Publishing & Media
Warren Hanson. August 5, 2002. The Next Place
Caitlin Doughty , LandisOctober 3, 2017. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
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Quotes
"Before I begin, this post is not seeking sympathy. It is merely trying to shed a little light on the total weirdness and unpredictability of grief. Those who have experienced deep loss already know. But for those who have not: I washed the orange cup today. 'The orange cup' is not a metaphor. It’s a small, plastic cup—one of several in a multicolored set. It is perfect for the bathroom sink. It’s just big enough for a sip of water in the middle of the night, or to wash down daily meds. I had not washed it since before January 1st. Before you get too grossed out, I had not used it either. You see, that little orange cup is the last thing in the house that Mark’s lips touched on January 1st, before he was loaded into an ambulance, never to return. I had picked up the orange cup several times before, thinking it was time to wash it and put it away. But each time it wasn’t. I would hug that little cup, cry a little (or a lot), and return it to the counter next to the sink. It wasn’t time to wash it—until today. Today, I washed the cup. When my mother died, her house coat (bath robe) was hanging on the back of the door in the bathroom. When my Dad died 5 years later, it still hung in the same spot. He had given away or tossed a lot of Mom’s items, but just not that house coat. Had he lived another 10 years, I think it may still have been there… or maybe not. Deep, profound grief is just weird. So, keep that in mind when you wonder why grieving people do (or don’t do) what you think they should do, or what seems normal. Grief is really weird. They’re just not ready to wash the cup."
Credit: Amy Boardman Rejmer
