End-of-Life & Grief Resources

Books:

Apology The Importance and Power of Saying “I’m Sorry” – Sheila Simpson

Any book written by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Don’t Let Death Ruin Your Life by Jill Brooke

Gifts by Maggie Callahan

 

Websites/Organizations:

http://www.mountida.edu/academics/continuing-education/ncde/thanatology/ – Mount Ida College

http://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/ – A grassroots organization which focuses on End-of-Life Issues/Topics

http://www.ehospice.com/internationalchildrens/articleslist/dispellingthemythsintroducingchildrentopalliativecare110413081512/tabid/9203/articleid/7435/language/en-gb/dispelling-the-myths-introducing-children-to-palliative-care.aspx#.UnkBHflUR8k – ehospice, Palliative Care News, Views and Inspiration from around the World

http://www.esseinstitute.com/ – End-of-Life Communication Training

http://www.goldenroomadvocates.org/ – Hospice and Palliative Care- How do you want to die and where?

 

Articles/Videos:

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/docs-who-would-use-hospice-themselves-more-likely-talk-end-life-care-patien/2013-12-17#!

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/midwives-for-the-dying/282344/#!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/assisted-suicide-laws-need-updating-says-former-supreme-court-justice-1.2251454

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/25/quebec-move-to-legalize-euthanasia-pits-ethics-professor-against-former-student-in-debate-over-death/

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/26/kathleen-wynne-assisted-suicide_n_3996181.html?ir=Politics

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-tables-bill-on-medically-assisted-death-1.1263943

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/assisted-suicide-quebec-has-found-a-flexible-approach-to-euthanasia-law/article12853839/

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Little+consensus+among+Canadian+doctors+issue+assisted+suicide/8808520/story.html

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/dr-donald-low-pleads-for-dying-with-dignity-in-posthumous-video-1.1468542

http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20131020/NEWS01/310200031/Hospice-physicians-find-rewards-easing-end-life?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/102213-676161-death-panels-are-grim-reality-in-canada.htm

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/09/25/john-ivison-quadriplegic-conservative-mps-support-for-assisted-suicide-puts-him-at-odds-with-party/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/banning-assisted-suicide-akin-to-torture-b-c-appeal-court-hears-1.1306315

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/05/gloria-taylor-b-c-woman-at-centre-of-assisted-suicide-court-battle-dies/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-s-susan-griffiths-dies-by-assisted-suicide-in-zurich-1.1315114

http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2013/07/assisted-suicide-is-not-safe-dr-stephen.html

http://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/resources/blog_news/post/674.php

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-09-24/death-dinners-at-baby-boomers-tables-take-on-dying-taboo

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/life-and-death-in-assisted-living/

http://www.csa.us/email/spirit/ssarticles/0913Lifestyle.html

http://healthydebate.ca/opinions/dr-lows-legacy-and-a-culture-of-fear

http://yourlegalrights.on.ca/news/supreme-court-upholds-right-life-support-against-medical-advice#.UmFiQWKG-aQ.twitter