Supporting End-of-Life Care: Death Doulas, Death Cafes, & Grief Resources: Books & Media Resources

A few of my favorite books on death doulas and death & dying - Carrie

Books by Death Doulas & Hospice Nurses

• Cultivating a Doula Heart by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy
• Diary of a Death Doula by Debra Diamond, PhD
• The Art of Death Midwifery by Joellen St. Pierre, D. Div. 
• Finding Peace at the End of Life by Henry Kersko-Weiss
• The Final Act of Living: Reflections of a Longtime Hospice Nurse by Barbara Karnes, RN
• By Your Side: A Guide for Caring for the Dying at Home by Barbara Karnes, RN
• Present through the End: A Caring Companions Guide for Accompanying the Dying by Kirsten DeLeo
• Creating Positive Passings & End of Life Doula Level 1 Caregiver Training by Suzanne O'Brien, RN
• Transforming Death: Creating Sacred Space for the Dying by Melody LeBaron
• Death Doula: Tools & Techniques for End-of-Life Support by Kelly Ruby Hanson
• Accompanying the Dying: Practical, Heart-Centered Wisdom for End-of-Life Doulas and Health Care Advocates by Deanna Cochran

Books about Death & Dying

• Gone From My Sight by Barbara Karnes, RN (Hospice Resource)
• The Eleventh Hour: A Caring Guide for the Hours to Minutes before Death by Barbara Karnes, RN (Hospice Resource)
• Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
• How We Die by Sherwin Nuland
• Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life by Ira Byock
• Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
• The Lost Art of Dying by L.S. Dugdale
• Farewell: Vital End of Life Questions with Candid Answers from a Leading Palliative and Hospice Physician by Edward Creagan and Sandra Wendel
• Sacred Dying: Creating Rituals for Embracing the End of Life by Megory Anderson
• On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
• From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
• When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
• As the Last Leaf Falls: A Pagan's Perspective on Death, Dying & Bereavement by Kristoffer Hughes
• Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley

Books about Grief

• Dying: A book of Comfort by Pat McNees
• I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye by Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair
• What to Do When I'm Gone by Suzy Hopkins & Hallie Bateman
• It's OK that you're not OK: Meeting grief in a culture that doesn't understand by Megan Devine
• A Hole in the World by Amanda Held Opelt
• The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller

Books for Children on Death & Dying

There are MANY books on this topic, but these are just a few of my favorites, in no particular order: 

• Wherever You Are: My love will find you by Nancy Tillman
• The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackery
• Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs by Tomie DePaola
• When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Krasny Brown
• The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjorie Williams
• Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton

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