Library Bibliography

DONOR FAMILY LIBRARY
*Books that are cross-referenced are so noted within parentheses after the title

SECTION ONE: LITERATURE ON DEATH AND DYING
DEATH AND DYING (DD) - General resources on death, dying, and grief

FINAL GIFTS by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
When someone we love is dying, it's hard to know how to help, what to do, what to say. If we know how to listen and what to look for, the dying themselves can often supply the answers. Hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley share their intimate experiences with patients at the edge of life.

LIVING WITH DEATH AND DYING by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.
A compassionate and moving guide to communicating with the terminally ill by a renowned medical doctor, psychiatrist, and thanatologist. Dr. Kubler-Ross shares her tools for understanding how the dying convey their innermost knowledge and needs.

ON DEATH AND DYING by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.
One of the most famous psychological studies of the late twentieth century, this is the seminal work that first introduced and explored the now-famous idea of the five stages of dealing with death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

*THE SACRED ART OF DYING (GS) by Kenneth Kramer
An associate professor of religious studies at San Jose State University presents the story of death in its comparative religious context. This text focuses primarily on religious attitudes toward death, dying, and afterlife. Primary source materials and pertinent sacred texts from each tradition are studied.

WORKING IT THROUGH, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.
Kubler-Ross writes that this book is a testament to "faith and the ability to survive and transcend the most difficult trials in life". This work illuminates her "Life, Death, and Transition" workshops that are held periodically in various parts of the country and includes The Loss of a Child; Quadriplegics; Suicide, Self-Acceptance and Letting Go; and Spiritual Awareness and Evolution.

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*Crossreferenced