resources

The links here are for you to gather resources, reduce stress and give you the knowledge you need to make informed decisions about quality of life. I’ve only included non-profits that I have had years of good client feedback with.

Compassion and Choices  
Legal options and information about end-of-life.

Barbara Karnes, RN 
Award winning end-of-life educator and hospice nurse.
 

The Conversation Project  
Having trouble getting “the conversation” started?
 

Advanced Healthcare Directives by State 
Download and print an Advanced Healthcare Directive.
 

Green Burial Council
Understand more about green options for your body after you die.
 

Home Funeral Alliance 
You can have a funeral in your own home, here’s how.

Below is a list of relevant books for anything death, dying, medicine, grief, death doulas, etc…

I’ve read each of these books personally and found them all to be good tools for learning, awareness, and shaping my own practice.

They are not listed in any particular order, just find the book(s) you feel will resonate most with you.

  • The Denial of Death // Ernest Becker

  • The Varieties of Religious Experience // William James

  • Preparing to Die // Andrew Holecek

  • The Final Act of Living // Barbara Karnes Rn

  • Hard Choices for Loving People // Hank Dunn

  • Being with Dying // Joan Halifax

  • Now and at the Hour of Death // Susana Moreira Marques

  • The Worm at the Core // Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszezynski

  • LGBTQ Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care // Kimberly D. Acquaviva

  • Intoxicated by my Illness // Anatole Broyard

  • Being Mortal // Atul Gawande

  • Knocking on Heaven’s Door // Katy Butler

  • When Breath Becomes Air // Paul Kalanithi

  • Extreme Measures // Jessica Zitter MD

  • Modern Death // Haider Warraich MD

  • Cultivating the Doula Heart // Francesca Lynn Arnoldy

  • Healing Your Grieving Heart After a Cancer Diagnosis // Alan D. Wolfelt Ph.D

READING LIST