References of Interest
These references were prepared for the Concsicious Transitions: Living with Dying workshop in Denver, Colorado, Aug. 20-21, 2016.
Click on the title link to access an organization’s website or book reference. Click on download to read the articles.
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“Accommodation: When Communicating about End of Life Issues, It Matters How People Speak” by Nick Jehlen (download)
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“In Search of a Good Death: Observations of Patients, Families and Providers” by Karen E. Steinhauser, et al., Annals of Internal Medicine (download)
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“Why I Hope to Die at 75” by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic Monthly (download)
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“How Doctors Die: Showing Other the Way” by Dan Gorenstein, The New York Times (download)
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“Children’s Book List” from the National Home Funeral Alliance (download)
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“No Regrets: Living with Dying” by Kitty Edwards, Natural Transitions Magazine (download)
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“Dignity Therapy: A Novel Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Patients Near the End of Life by Harvey Max Chochinov, et al., Journal of Clinical Oncology (download)
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“Life Review: Implementation, Theory, Research, and Therapy by David Haber, International Journal of Aging and Human Development (download)
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“Life Review in Critical Care: Possibilities at the End of Life” by Mimi Jenko et. al., Critical Care Nurse (download)
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“Wild Darkness” by Eva Saulitis, Orion Magazine (download)
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“What it Means to ‘Hold Space’ for People. Plus Eight Tips on How to Do it Well” by Heather Plett, blog (download)
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“10 Tips for Vigiling” by Megory Anderson, blog (download)
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“Therapeutic Essential Oils for the Dying the Their Caretakers” by Disa Van Orman, blog (download)
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“How to Write an Ethical Will: A Love Letter to the Future” by Susan R. Donlan, The Huffington Post (download)
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Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying edited by Michael Stillwater and Gary Malkin
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The Final Crossing: Learning to Die in Order to Live by Scott Eberle
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Workshops
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