End of Life Issues

• Planning for the End of Life: by the Episcopal Church Foundation. Includes a sample medical directive, a guide to funeral planning, information for writing your will.
• Brooks, James L. (2009). The Unbroken Circle: A Toolkit for Congregations Around Illness, End of Life and Grief. Durham, NC: Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life.
• Callahan, M. & Kelley, P. (1997). Final gifts. NY:Simon & Schuster.
• Davies S & Nolan M (2003). "Making the best of things: relatives’ experiences of decisions about care-home entry" in Aging and Society, Vol 23 Part 4 July 2003
• “Green Burials.” 
• Jacobs, M. (2010). Clergy guide to end of life issues. Cleveland, OH:Pilgrim Press.
• Larsen, L. (2004). Facing the final mystery: A guide to discerning end of life issues.  Malibu, CA: Blue Sky Press.
• *Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer. 
• “Our irrational fear of death.”  
• Richardson, Ellen (2017). Holy Dying: Stories and Struggles. NY: Church Publishing
• “Their Dying Wishes.” 
• *“What to say to someone who is dying.” 
• “When Death Comes Stalking.” Photographs from National Geographic. 
• *Wilson, Tim, “Griefwalker: A Film About Stephen Jenkinson and his work with the dying." 2008.

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