Web Links

Living Wills
(http://www.mindspring.com/~scottr/will.htm)

This web site provides links to a wide range of topics regarding living wills, including choice in dying in different states, creating a living will, federal law regarding living wills, and many resources.

Choice in Dying
(http://www.choices.org/)

Choice in Dying invented living wills in 1967. This nonprofit organization continues today to foster communication about end-of-life decisions.

Jack Kevorkian
(http://nscp.snap.com/main/channel/item/0,4,-8886,00.html?st.sn.sr.8.1_888)

Explore issues pertaining to Dr. Jack Kevorkian's assisted suicides, including a jury's decision of finding him guilty of second-degree murder.

Assisted Suicide
(http://www.oregonlive.com/special/assisted_suicide/index.ssf?/special/assisted_suicide/ar... )

Read about the history of assisted suicide in Oregon and the issues surrounding the legalization of assisted suicide in Oregon.

Exploring Euthanasia
(http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/dtheuth.html)

Links to many aspects of euthanasia, including general references, legal rulings, proponents, and adversaries.

Euthanasia Resources
(http://dying.about.com/health/dying/msub18.htm)

Learn more about euthanasia, including euthanasia in the Netherlands, the debate on assisted suicide, death with dignity, euthanasia in Oregon, and other related topics.

Hospice Net
(http://www.hospicenet.org/)

This web site is for patients and their families facing life-threatening illness; includes information about services, pain control, caregivers, and bereavement.

Hospice Foundation of American
(http://www.hospicefoundation.org/)

Explore various aspects of the hospice; includes information about resources and links.

Better Care of the Dying
(http://www.abcd-caring.com/)

This is the web site of Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD), a non-profit charity dedicated to improving the care system for patients with serious illnesses, and their families.

Dying and Medicine in America
(http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/deathmed.html)

Examine the history of dying and medicine in the United States, moral debates involving the medical establishment, dying well, and other topics.

Culture and Death
(http://www.dying.about.com/health/dying/cs/modernculture/index.htm)

Read about many aspects of cultural variations in death and dying.

Judaism and Death
(http://www.dying.about.com/health/dying/cs/judaismdeath/index.htm)

Explore Judaism variations on death and dying.

Islam and Death
(http://www.dying.about.com/health/dying/cs/islamanddeath/index.htm)

Learn about the Islamic view on death and dying.

Hinduism and Death
(http://www.globalideasbank.org/soonlat/SL-5.HTML)

At this web site you can read about the Hinduism view on death and dying.

Discussing Death with Young Children
(http://npin.org/library/pre1998/n00206/n00206.html)

An expert on educating young children, Lillian Katz, relates how to discuss death with young children.

Grieving Children
(http://www.dougy.org/)

Resources to help adults communicate more effectively with grieving children are provided.

Education about Death and Dying
(http://users.imag.net/~lon.death/iwg/education.html)

Explore basic assumptions about improving death education.

Association for Death Education and Counseling
(http://www.adec.org/)

This multidisciplinary professional organization id dedicated to promoting better education about death, bereavement, and care of the dying. Includes information about web resources on death education.

Kubler-Ross on Dying
(http://www.drredwood.com/interviews/kubler1.html)

An interview with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross gives insight into her views on death and dying.

Exploring Death and Dying
(http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/death.html)

Extensive links to many aspects of death and dying are provided, including how we die, death and social institutions, and death and medicine. Links to many web sites on death and dying can be accessed.

Death, Dying, and Grieving
(http://www.diseaseworld.com/death.htm)

Links to various aspects of death and dying are available at this web site.

Death and Dying Resources
(http://www.bereavement.org/)

Explore grief, culture and death, ethical decisions, the hospice, and many other aspects of death and dying at this web site.

Death and Dying in America
(http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/death-6.html)

Read about the socialization of death in America, Americans' views of grief and bereavement, funerals, and the funeral industry.

Grieving and the Loss of A Child
(http://dying.about.com/health/dying/msubchldloss.htm)

At this web site you can access information about mothers' and fathers' grief when their child dies.

The Grieving Process
(http://dying.about.com/health/dying/msub1.htm)

Learn more about the grieving process, including coping with unexpected loss, grief as a healing process, and stages of grieving.

Grief Theories
(http://www.bereavement.org/discuss.htm)

Explore psychodynamic theories, task views, stage models, and family function models of grief.

Exploring Grief
(http://www.humboldt.edu/~hsucaps/item1_7.html)

Read about common reactions to loss, factors that can interfere or help you resolve your grief, and where you can turn to for help.

Grief and Bereavement
(http://www.growthhouse.org/death.html)

Extensive web connections to information about bereaved families, helping children grieve, and resources.

Bereavement Resources
(http://www.funeral.net/)

This web site provides a resource directory about bereavement; includes links to web sites on grief, bereavement support, family bereavement, and many other related topics.

Widows/Widowers
(http://dying.about.com/health/dying/msub46.htm)

Explore such topics as coping with grief and loss, support for widows, widows and widowers as single parents, and gay widowers.

WidowNet
(http://www.fortnet.org/WidowNet)

This web site provides a wide range of information for and by widows and widowers. Topics include grief, bereavement, recovery, and other helpful information.

Buddhist Funeral Rites
(http://www.buddhanet.net/bfuneral.htm)

Read about the tradition involved in Buddhist Funeral rites, which include a bathing ceremony, food offered in the name of the dead, cremation, and other rituals.

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