Recommended Resource List:
Dying, Death and Grief

Materials indicated by call numbers may be found on site using the State Library's Online Catalog. All other sources may be acquired using the State Library's Interlibrary Loan Services. To request materials, state government employees should use the Kentucky Government Employee Materials Request form. To apply for a library card, State Government Employees should complete the online application.

• Audiobooks
  • James, John W. The Grief Recovery Handbook: the Action Program for Moving beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2002. Call number: SR 155.93 Jame
• Books
  • Annas, George J. The Rights of Patients: the Authoritative ACLU Guide to the Rights of Patients. 3rd ed. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004. Call number: 344.7303211 Anna
  • Beattie, Melody. The Grief Club: the Secret to Getting through All Kinds of Change. Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2006. Call number: 155.93 Beat
  • Beyond Tears: Living after Losing a Child. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004. Call number: 155.937 Beyo
  • Coberly, Margaret. Sacred Passage: How to Provide Fearless, Compassionate Care for the Dying. Boston: Shambhala ; [New York]: Random House, Inc., 2002. Call number: 362.175 Cobe
  • DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth. The Empty Room: Surviving the Loss of a Brother or Sister at Any Age. New York: Scribner, 2004. Call number: 155.9370855 DeVi
  • Ellis, Thomas M. This Thing Called Grief: New Understandings of Loss. Minneapolis, MN: Syren Book Co., 2006. Call number: 155.937 Elli
  • Emswiler, Mary Ann. Guiding Your Child Through Grief. New York : Bantam Books, 2000. Call number: 155.937083 Emsw
  • Horchler, Joani Nelson. SIDS & Infant Death Survival Guide: Information & Comfort for Grieving Family & Friends & Professionals Who Seek to Help Them. Rev. & updated ed. Cheverly, MD: SIDS Educational Services, 2003. Call number: 155.937 Horc
  • Jeffreys, J. Shep. Coping with Workplace Grief: Dealing with Loss, Trauma, and Change. Rev. ed. Boston, MA: Course Technology, 2005. Call number: 658.406 Jeff
  • Kohner, Nancy. When a Baby Dies: the Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Neonatal Death. Rev. ed. London; New York: Routledge, 2001. Call number: 618.392 Kohn
  • Kosminsky, Phyllis. Getting Back to Life When Grief Won't Heal. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. Call number: 155.937 Kosm
  • Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth. On Children and Death. New York : Macmillan, 1983. Call number: 155.937 Kubl
  • Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth. On Death and Dying. New York : Macmillan, 1969. Call number: 155.93 Kubl
  • Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth. Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief through the Five Stages of Loss.. New York : Scribner, 2005. Call number: 155.93 Kubl
  • Lewis, Paddy Greenwall. Helping Children Cope with the Death of a Parent: a Guide for the First Year. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. Call number: 155.937083 Lewi
  • Lynn, Joanne. Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Call number: 362.175 Lynn
  • McWilliams, Marilyn W. Life after Death: a Legal and Practical Guide for Surviving Spouses. Denver, CO: Bradford Pub. Co., 2005. Call number: 306.880973 McWi
  • Moody, Raymond. Life After Loss: Conquering Grief and Finding Hope. San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, c2001. Call number: 155.937 Mood
  • Morgan, Ernest. Dealing Creatively with Death: a Manual of Death Education and Simple Burial. 14th  ed. Hinesburg, VT: Upper Access, 2001. Call number: 306.9 Mor
  • Noel, Brook. I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping & Healing after the Sudden Death of a Loved One. Milwaukee: Champion Press, 2000. Call number: 155.937 Noel
  • Randolph, Mary. The Executor's Guide: Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust. 2nd ed. Berkeley: Nolo, 2006. Call number: 346.73052 Rand
  • Schaefer, Dan. How Do We Tell the Children?: a Step-by-step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies. 3rd ed. New York: Newmarket Press, 2001. Call number: 155.937083 Scha
  • Silverman, Phyllis R. Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Call number: 155.937 Silv
  • Umberson, Debra. Death of a Parent: Transition to a New Adult Identity. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Call number: 155.937 Umbe
  • Zonnebelt-Smeenge, Susan J. Traveling through Grief: Learning to Live Again after the Death of a Loved One. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2006. Call number: 248.866 Zonn
• Periodicals

  State agency employees may request access information for periodicals by emailing Ask a Librarian or by calling the State Library Reference Desk at (502) 564-8300, ext. 342 or toll free at (800) 928-7000, ext. 342. All other users should contact their local public library to request articles via Interlibrary Loan.

  • "Grieving: Facing Illness, Death and Other Losses." American Family Physician, Oct 1, 2000 v62 i7 pNA.
  • "Supportive Policies Help Grieving Employees." HR Briefing, June 1, 2002 p5.
• Videos
  • At a Loss for Words: How to Help Those You Care for in a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Newborn Death Experience. 30 min. Paraclete Press, 1997. Videocassette. Call Number: VC 248.866 At
  • At Death's Door: Facing the Terminal Illness of a Loved One. 35 min. Paraclete Press, 2004. DVD. Call number: VC CV 362.175 At
  • Before I Die: Medical Care and Personal Choices. 60 min. PBS, 1997. Videocassette. Call number: VC 155.93 Befo
  • Beyond Death's Door: Help for the Grieving Process after Someone You Love Has Died. 35 min. Paraclete Press, 2004. DVD. Call number: VC DV 155.937 Beyo
  • Body Story: the Death Knell of Old Age. 25 min. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1999. Videocassette. Call number: VC 616.078 Body
  • Dying, Death and Bereavement. 58 min. Annenberg/CPB Collection, 1993. Videocassette. Call number: VC 305.26 Dyin
  • Facing Death. 78 min. Family Experiences Productions, 1997-1999. 4 videocassettes. Call number: VC 155.937 Faci
  • Final Chapter (The Human Condition series). 28 min. INTELECOM, 2001. Videocassette. Call number: VC 613 Fina
  • Footprints on our Hearts: How to Cope after a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Newborn Death. 60 min. Paraclete Press, 1997. Videocassette. Call number: VC 618.39 Foot
  • Grief in America. 55 min. Fanlight, 1997. Videocassette. Call number: VC155.937 Grie/VC8144
  • Grief Is More Than Crying. 27 min. Churchill, 1995. Videocassette. Call number: VC 155.937 Grie/VC8093
  • How I Coped When Mommy Died. 26 min. Fanlight, 1999. Videocassette. Call number: VC 155.9370922 How/VC8092
  • Letting Go: a Hospice Journey. 92 min. Home Box Office; Films for the Humanities, 1996. Videocassette. Call number: VC 362.1756 Lett
  • Living Fully until Death (Doctor Is In series). 29 min. Fanlight Productions, 1995. Videocassette. Call number: VC 616.078 Livi
  • Living Wills (Doctor Is In series).  29 min. Fanlight Productions, 1992. Videocassette. Call number: VC 344.7304197 Livi
  • On Our Own Terms: a Death of One's Own (Moyers on Dying series). 90 min. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000. Videocassette. Call number: VC 179.7 Deat
  • On Our Own Terms: a Different Kind of Care (Moyers on Dying series). 90 min. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000. Videocassette. Call number: VC 362.1750973 On
  • On Our Own Terms: a Time to Change (Moyers on Dying series). 90 min. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000. Videocassette. Call number: VC 362.1750973 On
  • On Our Own Terms: Living with Dying (Moyers on Dying series). 90 min. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000. Videocassette. Call number: VC 362.1750973 Livi
  • Palliative Care: Care for Terminally Ill Patients. 25 min. Aquarius Health Care, 2003. Videocassette. Call number: VC 616.029 Pall
  • A Place Prepared: Helping Children Understand Death and Heaven. 40 min. Paraclete Press, 2000. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 236.4 Plac
  • What About Me? Kids and Grief. 18 min. Film Ideas, 1992. Videocassette. Call number: VC 155.937083 What/VC3331
  • What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? 80 min. Comical Sense Co., [2005]. DVD. Call number:  VC DV 155.937083 Roma
  • When a Loved One Dies: Walking through Grief as a Teenager. 30 min. Paraclete Press, 2002. Videocassette. Call number: VC 155.9370835 When
• Websites
  • http://www.hospicenet.org/html/bereavement.html
    Hospice from HospiceNet (Nashville, TN) offers information on different aspects of bereavement such as the grieving process, spiritual readings, and personal narratives. Last accessed on February 9, 2007.
  • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bereavement.html
    Bereavement is a MedLine Plus Health information topic offered by the National Library of Medicine. Last accessed on February 9, 2007.
  • http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/death.html
    How to Help Your Child Deal with Death is a KidsHealth! for Parents topic offered by the Nemours Foundation (Jacksonville, FL). Last accessed on February 9, 2007.
  • http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/feeling_sad/someone_died.html
    Death and Grief is a TeensHealth topic offered by the Nemours Foundation (Jacksonville, FL). Last accessed on February 9, 2007.
  • http://www.aarp.org/griefandloss/
    Grief and Loss, a Collection of Resources, a Community of Care offers information and other resources from the American Association of Retired Person. Last accessed on February 9, 2007.
  • http://www.acponline.org/public/h_care/10-griev.htm
    Grieving provides overview information from the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. Last accessed on February 9, 2007.