Bereavement Rituals
Incorporating Extraordinary Experiences in Death Rituals
Second Lining at Death in New Orleans
Incorporating Loss into Our Holiday Rituals
A Pre-Death Ritual for Mable

Links:
AARP Ways to Remember
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement

Cancer and Death
Surviving Losses from Cancer

Links:
National Cancer Institute Loss, Grief and Bereavement Site
Anerican Cancer Society Coping with Grief and Loss

Children and Grief
Joining Together as a Global Community of Grieving Children
Music Therapy wtih Adolescents Experiencing Loss

Links:
The Dougy Center
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
Helping Grandchildren Deal with Grief
Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center

End-of-Life Issues
ADEC defines end-of-life decision-making as the aspects of life-threatening illness/terminal illness that involve choices and decisions about actions to be taken for individuals, families and professional caregivers.*

These decisions may be related to medical, ethical, legal, social and family issues and may be influenced by culture and socialization, religion and spirituality, historical and contemporary perspectives, lifespan and larger systems issues.

*This definition is taken directly from the Handbook of Thanatology Introduction to Part 2, which is dedicated to EOL decision-making and edited for public consumption.

Death with Dignity: The Oregon Experience
The Art of Dying: A Mind-Body Transformation
When to Refer to Hospice

Links:
Compassion and Choices
Five Wishes

Watch Ira Byock, MD, (31st annual conference keynote presenter) speak about normalizing the end-of-life experience.

Grandparents' Grief
Grandparents’ Grief—Who Is Listening?

Grief
Surviving Losses from Cancer

Links:
Grief's Journey
AARP Grief and Loss Resources
AARP's Guide for the Newly Widowed

Watch Howard Winokuer, PhD, discuss Communicating Caring

Hospice--What is it?
Perinatal Hospice: A Holistic Approach for When Death Comes
at the Beginning of Life
When to Refer to Hospice
The Art of Dying: A Mind-Body Transformation

Links:
Caring Connections
Hospice Foundation of America
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Losing a Child at Any Age

Pregnancy, Children and Infants
Perinatal Hospice: A Holistic Approach for When Death Comes
at the Beginning of Life
Perinatal Bereavement: A Lifelong Process

Links:
Bereaved Parents of the USA (BP/USA)
Compassionate Friends
MISS Foundation
RTS Bereavement Services
SHARE -- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc.

Losing Adult Chldren
Links:
AARP--Ways Parents Can Cope

Media and Death
Cinema and Its Depiction of Cultural Aspects of Death and Dying
The Healing Power of Music in Bereavement
Media Portrayals of Death and Dying

Pet Loss
From the Backyard to the Pet Bed: The Changing Role of Animals in Society
Coping with Animal Companion Loss Across the Age Continuum

Links:
Animal Chaplains
Argus Institute
Rainbows Bridge Grief Support Center
UC Davis Pet Loss Support Hotline
Tufts University Pet Loss Support Hotline
Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine Pet Loss Support Program
The Virtual Pet Cemetery
Bright Stars Forever Pet WebRing

Sibling Loss
Losing a Sibling in Adulthood
Sibling Grief Throughout the Childhood
Mode of Death and Effects on Sibling Grief

Watch Dr. Kay Fowler discuss her personal story of adult sibling loss

Suicide
Suicide: Prevention and Postvention

Links:
American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
SAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education Coping with Loss
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
National Suicide Prevention Hotline -- 800-273-TALK (8255)
Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Traumatic Loss: Violence, Terrorism, War and Natural Disasters
Getting Beyond Terrorism: Life in a War Zone
and its Impact on Our Family
Grief, Trauma and Combat
Firefighter Remembrance

Links:
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
National Center for PTSD fact sheet on community violence
National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
Parents of Murdered Children (POMC)