Subject Description: the psychological, sociological and physical aspects of death and the dying process.
Abstracts and Indexes
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Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
Family & Society Studies Worldwide
1970 - present, updated monthly.Search here to find citations and abstracts to articles and book chapters on family dynamics, marriage and family therapy, the family in society, and child development......
[more information] Sociological Abstracts
1963 - present, updated monthlyLibrary Location: Print Version: Quarto HM1 .S67 (1952/53-present) WILSON Reference
Updated bimonthly, this core database for the field of sociology contins information on sociology and social policy worldwide. All citations and abstracts are in English. The database officially covers 1963 to the present, but includes many citations.....
[more information]Check MNCAT Record for Location and Availability General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
LexisNexis Academic
Varies by title.LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included.
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General Reference Sources
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Handbooks and Manuals
Death and dying sourcebook : basic consumer health information for the layperson about end-of-life care and related ethical and legal issues ... edited by Annemarie S. Muth. Omnigraphics. 2000.
Library Location: Bio-Medical Library Reference (Consumer Health) BF789.D4 D2838
Basic consumer health information for the layperson about end-of-life care and related ethical and legal issues including chief causes of death, autopsies, pain management for the terminally ill, life support systems, insurance, euthanasia, assisted .....
[more information]Check MNCAT Record for Location and Availability Grief counseling and grief therapy : a handbook for the mental health practitioner J. William Worden.. Springer Pub. 2002.
Library Location: Bio-Medical Library WM420 W924g
1. Attachment, Loss, and the Experience of Grief -- 2. Understanding the Mourning Process -- 3. Grief Counseling: Facilitating Uncomplicated Grief -- 4. Abnormal Grief Reactions: Complicated Mourning -- 5. Grief Therapy: Resolving Complicated Mournin.....
[more information] Handbook of Bereavement Research: consequences, coping, and care edited by Margaret S. Stroebe ... [et al.].. American Psychological Association. 2001.
Library Location: Magrath Library BF575.G7 H355
Teacher's Handbook of Death Maggie Jackson and Jim Colwell.. Jessica Kingsley. 2002.
Library Location: Wilson Library BF723.D3 J33x 2002
Teachers are increasingly called upon to discuss and explain death and dying to children in the classroom. This book provides them with methods to facilitate open discussions of death and to find suitable ways of talking with children about what happ.....
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Internet Resources
Web Sites
Death: The last taboo
Australian Museum Online.
This online exhibition by the Australian Museum looks at what happens to us after we die; how different cultures dispose of, mourn and remember their dead and takes a remarkable journey through how death has been dealt with through the ages. .....
[more information] Grief in a Family Context
-- Developed by Dr. Kathleen Gilbert from Indiana Unversity, this online course offers information on how families manage loss and grief. Dr. Gilbert covers a variety of bereavement issues, such as chornic grief, ceremonies and rituals, gender and cu.....
[more information] MedlinePlus: Bereavement
National Library of Medicine.
Bereavement topics include: overviews; diagnosis/symptoms; specific conditions; directories; organizations; children; men; seniors; teenagers
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[more information] MedlinePlus: End of Life Issues
National Library of Medicine.
Death & dying topics include: general overviews; coping; research; specific conditions/aspects; dictionaries; law and policy; organizations; statistics; children; seniors and women .....
[more information] On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying
Bill Moyers goes from the bedsides of the dying to the front lines of a movement to improve end-of-life care in ON OUR OWN TERMS: Moyers on Dying. PBS. Includes transcripts, audio & video clips.....
[more information] Sociology of Death & Dying
-- This meta-index of death & dying resources includes the following topics: cross-cultural issues; death in the arts and humanities; types of death; life after death; obituaries; memorials; religion; politics; euthanasia and physician assisted suici.....
[more information] With Eyes Open
PBS.
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying provokes a wide variety of emotions. The series asks us to begin the difficult task of contemplating our own mortality. In response, KQED (San Francisco) presents four half-hour companion shows: honest discussions ab.....
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