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Death Literacy

Advance Forgiveness

April 24, 2023

The dying process is a dangerous place to bring a fixation on perfection and control. Death plans are expressions of what we value most in our lives, and sometimes reveal fragments of trauma and loss from earlier experiences. If we are not careful, we may feed the fantasy of control and independence that sets more of us up to fail and increases the potential grief and trauma our loved ones will carry.

Filed Under: Advance Directives, Death Literacy, Featured, Upcoming, Tagged with: advance planning, writing

Wake in New Orleans

March 8, 2023

Wake is a nonprofit organization with a mission to provide  education and resources for meaningful, affordable, and environmentally sustainable death care. They produced a free guide. https://www.wake.education/lgbtqeolguide

Filed Under: Death Literacy, LGBTQIA, Patient Advocacy, Projects,

Starting the Conversation: End of Life Planning for Families

August 5, 2019

We mortals tend to avoid these conversations until we are forced by circumstances of life to make decisions for ourselves and others in a crisis. This workshop is designed to help families begin this conversation in a relaxed setting with experienced support. Doing this work, when there is time to consider our values and preferences […]

Filed Under: Advance Directives, Death Literacy, Funeral Industry and Alternatives, services, Workshops and Events, Tagged with: family meeting, planning ahead, workshop

At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life – Samuael Harrington, MD

April 27, 2019

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Patient Advocacy, Tagged with: book

Compassionate Cities – Allan Kellehear

March 11, 2019

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Tagged with: book

Death, Mourning, and Burial: A Cross-Cultural Reader – Antonius C. G. M. Robben

March 10, 2019

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Tagged with: book

Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul – Stephen Jenkinson

March 10, 2019

Jenkinson worked as a chaplain in hospice and palliative care for many years in Canada. This book is a brilliant and scathing critique of how reform efforts in medical care (and “the death trades”) have ended up replicating the same death-denying, extending life for more dying, etc. I love the way he connects these cultural […]

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Tagged with: book

Disparities in Care: race and ethnicity

March 8, 2019

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15.pdf

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Patient Advocacy,

Barbara Karnes

March 7, 2019

BK is a death educator and nurse with a lot of useful information for caregivers of all kinds.

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Tagged with: book

End of Life University

March 7, 2019

Karen Wyatt, a hospice physician who has become a passionate death educator and advocate. Her project includes hundreds of hours of interviews with death workers, a reading group, and many other resources for mortals and other advocates.

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Tagged with: death education, podcast, website

Death Ed for Mortals

February 28, 2019

An introduction to death and dying through historical, ecological, and cultural perspectives. Resist your fears and avoidance with information, comradery, and action. Each session includes a multimedia presentation and facilitated group discussion. Participants will leave with practical information, tools and local resources for better lives, including death. session 1: Death Leaves Home (medical landscapes) session […]

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Tagged with: workshop

Death Ed Series at Greenfield Public Library Spring, 2019

February 19, 2019

The series offers alternatives to fear and avoidance with opportunities to learn, connect with other mortals, and take action for better lives and deaths. Death Leaves Home: navigating the medical landscape Life with Death: ecology and bodies Memorial Arts: saying goodbye and honoring our dead Dying in Community: building capacity and infrastructure for end of […]

Filed Under: Being with Dying, Death Literacy, Workshops and Events, Tagged with: series, workshops

Death, Mourning, and Burial: A Cross-Cultural Reader

January 16, 2019

By Antonius C. G. M. Robben

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Tagged with: book

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

January 16, 2019

By Caitlin Doughty

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Tagged with: book

The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains

January 16, 2019

By Thomas W. Laquer

Filed Under: Death Literacy, Tagged with: book

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