References

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Books   

 

Albom, M. (1997). Tuesdays with Morrie. New York: Broadway Books. 

Albom, M. (2003). The five people you meet in heaven. New York: Hyerion.

Becker, E. (1973). The denial of death. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Bertman, S. L. (1991). Facing death: Images, insights, and interventions: A handbook for educators, healthcare professionals, and counselors. Washington: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.

Byock, I. (1997). Dying well: Peace and possibilities at the end of life. New York: Riverhead Books.

Callanan, M. & Kelley, P. (1992). Final gifts: Understanding the special awareness, needs and communications of the dying. New York: Bantam Books.

Carson, V. B. (1989). Spiritual dimensions of nursing practice. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company.

Corr, C. A. & Corr, D. M. (1983). Hospice Care: Principles and practice. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

de Hennezal, M. (1997). Intimate death: How the dying teach us how to live. New York: Vintage Books.

Fitzgerald, H. (1994). The mourning handbook: The most comprehensive resource offering practical and compassionate advice on coping with all aspects of death and dying. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Grollman, E. A. (1995). Living when a loved one has died (3rd Ed.). Boston: Beacon Press.

Kramp, E. Y. & Kramp, D. H. (1998). Living with the end in mind: A practical checklist for living life the fullest by embracing your mortality. New York: Three Rivers Press.

Kubler-Ross, E. (1969). On death and dying: What the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy, and their own families. New York: Macmillan Publishing company, Inc.

Kuhl, D. (2002). What dying people want. New York: Public Affairs.

Lynn, J. & Harrold, J. (1999). Handbook for mortals: guidance for people facing serious illness.  Oxford: University Press.

Mims, C. (1998). When we die: The science, culture, and rituals of death. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Nuland, S. B. (1995). How we die: Reflection on life’s final chapter. New York: Vintage Books.

Oliver, S. (1998). What the dying teach us: Lessons on living. New York: The Haworth Pastoral Press.

Pekkanen, J. (1984). Donor: How one girl’s death gave life to others. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company.

Rando, T. A. (1991). How to go on living when someone you love dies. New York: Bantam Books.

Rinpoche, S. (2002). The Tibetan book of living and dying: Revised and updated. San Francisco: Harper Collins Publishers.

Sebold, A. (2002). The lovely bones.  Boston: Little, Brown, and Company.

Singh, K. D. (1998). The grace in dying: How we are transformed spiritually as we die. San Francisco: Harper-Collins Publishers.

Staton, J., Shuy, R., & Byock, I. (2001). A few months to live: different paths to life’s end. Washington, D. C.: Georgetown University Press.

Wolfelt, A. D. (1988). Death and grief: A guide for clergy. Muncie, Indiana: Accelerated Development Inc. Publishers

Wolfelt, A. D. (1992). Understanding grief: Helping yourself heal. Muncie, Indiana: Accelerated Development Inc. Publishers.

York, S. (2000). Remembering well: Rituals for celebrating life and mourning death. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 

Articles

Blatt, L. (1999). Working with families in reaching end-of-life decisions. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 13(5), 219-223.

Cartwright, J. & Kayser-Jones, J. (2003). End-of-life care in assisted living facilities; perceptions of residents, families, and staff. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 5(3), 142-151.

Childress, S. B. (2001). Enhance end-of-life care. Nursing Management 23(10), 32-35.

Clairbourne, M. C. P. (2002). Thanatologic realization and life integration: A study of the dying experience and how people prepare for death. Dissertation submitted to Fielding Graduate Institute. UMI Number: 2068437.

de Faye, B. J. (2002). Stress and coping near the end of life. Doctoral dissertation submitted to University of Ottawa, Canada.  National Library of Canada No. 0-612-76433-8.

Fetters, M. D., Churchill, L., & Danis, M. (2001) Conflict resolution at the end of life. Critical Care Medicine, 29(5), 921-925.

Jurkovich, G. J., Pierce, N., Panamen, L., & Privara, F. P. (2000). Giving bad news: The family perspective. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 48(5), 865-873.

Kemp, C. & Bhungalia, S. (2002). Culture and the end of life: A review of major world religions. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 4(4), 235-242. 

Matzo, M. L., Sherman, D. W., Lo, K., Egan, K. A., Grant, m. & Rhome, A. (2003). Strategies for teaching loss, grief, and bereavement. Nurse Educator, 28(2), 71-76.

Matzo, M. L., Sherman, D. W., Mazanec, P., Barber, M. A., Virani, R., & McLaughlin, M. M. (2002).  Teaching cultural considerations at the end of life: End of Life Nursing Education consortium program recommendations. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 33(6), 270+. 

Merriam, S. B. & Mohamad, M. (2000). How cultural values shape learning in older adulthood: The case of Malaysia. Adult Education Quarterly, 51(1), 45+.

National Institute on Aging. (n.d.). Talking with your doctor: A guide for older people. Retrieved on August 9, 2003 from http://www.nia.nih.gov/health/pubs/talking/p4.htm

Porock, D., Oliver, D. P., Zweig, S. C., Rantz, M. & Petroski, G. F. (2003). Journal of American Medical Directors Association, 4, 16-22.

Prichard, E. R., Tallmer, M., Kutscher, A. H., DeBellis, R., & Hale M. S. (Eds.). (1984). Geriatrics and thanatology. New York: Praeger.

Rankin, M. A., Donahue, M. P., Davis, K., Katseres, J. K., Wedig, J. A., Johsnon, M., & Maas, M. (1998). Dignified dying as a nursing outcome. Outcomes Management for Nursing Practice, 2(3), 105-110.

Tang, S. T. (2003). When death is imminent: Where terminally ill patient with cancer prefer to die and why. Cancer Nursing, 26(3), 245-251.

Tolle, S. W., Tilden, N. P., Rosenfeld, A. G., Hickman, S. E. (2000). Family reports of barriers to optimal care of the dying. Nursing Research, 49(6), 310-317. Retrieved on August 8, 2003 from Apollo Library.

Watson, N. & Pulliam, L. (2000). Transgenerational health promotion. Holistic Nursing Practice, 14(4), 1-11. 

Zimmerman, S., Sloane, P. D., Hanson, L., & Mitchell, C. M., & Shy, A. (2003). Staff perceptions of end-of-life care in long-term care.  Journal of American Medical Directors Association, 4, 23-26.