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Resources for End-of-Life Issues

Support & Counseling

The Cancer Resource Center has a list of bereavement support groups, counselors, hospice and other organizations dealing with end-of-life issues in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please call the Cancer Resource Center at (415) 885-3693 for the most updated list.

Internet

• GriefNet
• Growth House, Inc.
• On Our Own Terms
• Web Healing
• Willowgreen

Library Materials

The following materials are available for a two-week loan period at the Cancer Resource Center. You also can buy them on-line or at any major bookstore.

• Bereaved Children and Teens by Earl Grollman. Beacon Press, 1995.
• The Courage to Laugh by Allen Klein. Penguin Putnam, Inc., 1998.
• Dying Well by Dr. Ira Byock. Riverhead Books, 1997.
• Handbook for Mortals by Dr. Joanne Lynn and Dr. Joan Harrold. Oxford University Press, 1999.
• How We Die by Sherwin B. Nuland. Vintage Books, 1993.
• Intoxicated by My Illness by Anatole Broyard. Fawcett Columbine, 1992.
• Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen. Bantam Books, 1983.
• Talking About Death: A Dialogue between Parent and Child by Earl Grollman. Beacon Press, 1990.
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche. Harper San Francisco, 1993.
• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Doubleday, 1997.
• When Someone Very Special Dies by Marge Heegard. Woodland Press, 1988.
• "Death Is Not an Outrage" by Ram Doss (audio).
• "Health Journeys for People Experiencing Grief" by Belleruth Naparstek (audio).
• "A New Vision of Living & Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche (video).
• "On Our Own Terms" by Bill Moyers (video).

For additional information and to check out these materials, please visit
Cancer Resource Center
1600 Divisadero St., First Floor
(415) 885-3693

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Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated May 8, 2007

This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace the advice of your doctor or health care provider. We encourage you to discuss with your doctor any questions or concerns you may have.