Recommended Books:

• Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go, by Amy Wright Glenn

• Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief, Joanne Cacciatore, PhD

• Death Nesting: Ancient & Modern Death Doula Techniques, Mindfulness Practices and Herbal Care, by Anne-Marie Keppel

• Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death; by Joan Halifax

• Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition; by Andrew Holecek

• Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End; by Atul Gawande

• End of Life Guideline Series: A Compilation of Barbara Karnes Booklets; by Barbara Karnes

Recommended Articles:

• Want to Feel Happier and More Alive? Contemplate Death. (Five Positive Outcomes When You Contemplate Death). Sean Grover L.C.S.W., for Psychology Today

• Something to Think About: a blog on end of life. A Blog from Barbara Karnes, R.N.

• Full Moon Funeral. Merilynne Rush, R.N., for The Ann Arbor Observer

• How End-of-Life Doulas Help Ease the Final Transition, Virginia Chang, for Scientific American

• What We Get Wrong About Death, According To End-Of-Life Workers; by Monica Torres for The Huffington Post