Teresi, Dick.
Summary: Examines how the business of organ harvesting further complicates the process of death declaration and evaluates how death has been determined throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 TERKeleman, Stanley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128.5 KELPeters, David W.
Summary: "Accidental injury is the leading cause of death for Americans under forty-five. Those who have caused accidents walk among us. They are us. Episcopal priest David W. Peters unintentionally killed someone in a traffic accident as a young man, and in Accidental, he guides readers through the aftermath of these tragedies toward healing and recovery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadleaf Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.6 PETSummary: Frontline teams up with writer and surgeon Atul Gawande to examine how doctors care for terminally ill patients. In conjunction with Gawande's new book, Being Mortal, the film explores the relationships between doctors and patients nearing the end of life, and shows how many doctors, including himself, struggle to talk honestly and openly.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BEISummary: This made-for-TV movie tells the story of an old man, professor of sociology, Morrie Schwartz, who is dying from ALS. He tells a former student, Mitch Albom, about dying, living and what's important in life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TUESummary: "Ignore. Suppress. Hide. Work in high-loss healthcare environments commonly demands turning away from one's interior experiences in order to rapidly turn toward the next patient. In a culture that discourages vulnerability, how can a care provider effectively deal with the challenging emotions that naturally arise when faced with death, especially now in this critical time of pandemic?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 HEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self H Greif FournierWarner, Jan
Summary: In Grief Day by Day, Jan Warner draws on her own extensive experience and the experiences of the 2 million followers on her Grief Speaks Out Facebook page to offer hope in its most practical form. This book does not look to offer a solution to grief. Rather, it provides supportive, useful guidance to help you create a life in which peace, and even gratitude, can coexist with your grief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Althea Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 WARWolfelt, Alan D.
Summary: Explaining the important difference between grief and mourning, this book explores every mourner's need to acknowledge death and embrace the pain of loss. Also explored are the many factors that make each person's grief unique and the many normal thoughts and feelings mourners might have.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Companion Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 WOLSummary: Examines the work of two biologists, Bill Andrews and Aubrey de Grey, who have dedicated their lives to the reversal of biological aging.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Structure Films 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC IMMByock, Ira.
Summary: A palliative care doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial ethical issues of our time on his quest to transform care through the end of life. It is harder to die in this country than ever before. Statistics show that the vast majority of Americans would prefer to die at home, yet many of us spend our last days fearful and in pain in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.02 BYOGawande, Atul
Summary: Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families of the terminally ill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1 GAWMarta, Suzy Yehl.
Summary: This intimate and powerful book offers ground-breaking techniques and concrete strategies to help children of any age, such as: Games, activities, and play-based exercises that help children and teens process their emotions when they don't have the words to describe what they are feeling. Inspiring stories from two decades of Rainbows groups will comfort and encourage adults trying to cope and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 MARNotaro, Tig.
Contents: disc 1. Tig Notaro live -- disc 2. Tig Notaro live at the Moth.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Secretly Canadian 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN NOTWolfelt, Alan.
Summary: Provides tips for understanding and expressing grief and offers practical ideas and suggested activities to help individuals move through their pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Companion Press 2001