Suggested Resources

 

Websites

General
--On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying
--Partnership for Caring: America's Voices for the Dying
--Memorial Products Articles & Consumer Guides

Planning
--SeniorCitizens.Com
--Funeral Planning
--International Cemetery and Funeral Association
--Shipping or Traveling with Cremated Remains

Wills
--A website about wills and estate planning

Legal/Medicaid/Insurance
--Estate Attorney
--Read tips for buying funeral insurance

Government Links
--Veterans' Assistance
--Consumer Assistance

Alternatives to Traditional Funerals
--Creating your own funeral
--The Funeral Directory

Green Burials
--Green Burial Council
--Grave Matters

Books

Available from the National Funeral Consumers Alliance website

--Caring for the Dead, by Lisa Carlson.
--Dealing Creatively with Death, by Ernest Morgan.

Other Books
--The Troubled Dream of LIfe, by Dan Callahan. Discussion of end-of-life issues, ethical and practical.
--At the Will of the Body, by Arthur Frank. A personal story of confronting physical challenges and growth.
--Healing into Life and Death, by Stephen Levine. Spiritual healing and developmental transformation through mindful practice, visualizations, and meditation. Explanations and scripts given.
--How We Die, by Sherwin B. Nuland. Concrete examples of end-of-life physical processes.
--Peaceful Dying, by Daniel R. Tobin, M.D. Step-by-step guide for dignity, choice and peace at end of life.
--Handbook for Mortals, by Joanne Lynn, M.D. and Joan Harrold, M.D. A Comprehensive guide for people facing serious illness. Has very practical information from many perspectives.

Articles

--The Body After Death, by Joan Halifax. Describes methods of caring for the body after death.
--Questions and Answers about Advance Directives
--Dust to Dust? A Greedy Death Industry Prevents Our Return to Nature, by Martin Kaufman.

Other Resources

--To arrange to donate your body to science, contact the Indiana University School of Medicine, Dept. of Anatomy:
Medical Science Building, Rm. 5035
635 Barnhill Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120
(317)274-7450


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