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The American Way of Dying and Death
Developmental Aspects of Dying and Death
The Dying Process
Ethical Issues of Dying, Death, and Suicide
Funerals and Burial Rites
Bereavement
Northern Light Power Search

General Sites

Death, Dying, and Grief

There are many World Wide Web links to resources on death, dying, and bereavement at this site.

Death Related Weblinks

This site contains links to some of the best Internet sites related to death and dying.

Yahoo: Society and Culture: Death

This Yahoo site has a very complete index to issues of dying and a search option.

The American Way of Dying and Death

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Information on the dying process in the context of U.S. health policy is provided here, along with a search mechanism. The agency is part of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Growth House, Inc.

Growth House is a nonprofit organization working with grief, bereavement, Hospice, and end-of-life issues, as well as pain, AIDS/HIV, suicide, and palliative care issues.

Mortality Rates

This site contains a graphic representation of the U.S. death rates of different social groups to ascertain social inequities.

WWW Virtual Library: Demography and Population Studies

A definitive guide to demography and population studies, with a multitude of important links, can be found here.

Developmental Aspects of Dying and Death

CDC Wonder on the Web--Prevention Guidelines

At this Center for Disease Control site, there are a number of papers on suicide prevention, particularly relating to American youth.

Children with AIDS Project

This organization's role is to develop fuller understanding of children with and at risk of AIDS, including medical, psychosocial, legal, and financial issues. The mission of the organization is to develop local and national adoptive, foster, and family-centered care programs that are effective and compassionate.

Light for Life Foundation

The Yellow Ribbon Program of the Light for Life Foundation provides educational material for American youth aimed at preventing youth suicide through the provision of easy access to support services.

National SIDS Resource Center

The National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center (NSRC) provides information services and technical assistance on SIDS and related topics.

The Dying Process

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

This is the only organization in the United States for physicians that is dedicated to the advancement of hospice/palliative medicine, its practice, research, and education. There are also links to other Web sites.

As Death Draws Near

Death--What You Can Expect is a list of signs that precede most deaths and is posted at this Web site.

Death in America, Project on: Death, Dying, Bereavement

The goal of Project on Death in America is to help people understand and transform the dying experience in America. Headings include "Progress," "Issues in the News," and "Links."

Hospice Foundation of America

Everything you might need to know about Hospice and specific information on the Foundation is available at this Web site.

Hospice Hands

An extensive collection of links to Hospice resources can be found at this site. Try "What's New" to access the ACP Home Care Guide, a book whose goal is to support an orderly problem-solving approach in managing care of the dying at home.

National Prison Hospice Association

This prison Hospice association promotes care for terminally ill inmates and those facing the prospect of dying in prison.

The Zen Hospice Project

The Zen Hospice Project organizes programs dedicated to the care of people approaching death and to increasing the understanding of impermanence. The project also runs a small hospice in San Francisco. There are links here to related information on the Web.

Ethical Issues of Dying, Death, and Suicide

Articles on Euthanasia: Ethics

This site covers biomedical ethics and issues of euthanasia in many ways, including recent articles, ancient concepts, legal and legislative information, selected philosophical literature, Web sites, and a search engine.

DeathNET

Many Web links to biomedical topics, including living wills, "how to" suicide, euthanasia, mercy killing, and legislation regulating the care of the terminally ill can be accessed at this site.

Kearl's Guide to the Sociology of Death: Moral Debates

An Internet resource on the ethics of biomedical issues that includes issues of dying and death, such as euthanasia, is found here.

The Kevorkian File

This Internet resource archive is devoted entirely to Dr. Jack Kevorkian, inventor of the controversial "suicide machine."

Last Rites Journal

The electronically published journal of the Last Rites group has the complete texts of many of the key legal documents about a patient's right to die.

The Living Will and Values History Project

Set up in response to the growth and proliferation of living will documents, this project works on a nonprofit basis and attempts to collate, analyze, and apply research in this area.

Living Wills (Advance Directive)

The largest collection of links to living wills and other advance directive and living will information is available at this Web site.

Not Dead Yet

Americans with Disabilities organization uses this Web site to mobilize Americans against euthanasia and mercy killing. Information about the Hemlock Society is also available here.

Suicide Awareness: Voices of Education

This popular Internet suicide site provides information on suicide (both before and after), along with material from the organization's many education sessions.

Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network

SPAN, a nonprofit organization, offers a more political site on suicide prevention. The aim is to have suicide treated as a national (and global) problem that must be solved as a priority.

UNOS: United Network for Organ Sharing

This Web site of the United Network for Organ Sharing Transplantation includes facts and statistics, resources, and policy proposals.

Youth Suicide League

International suicide rates of young adults in selected countries are available on this UNESCO Web site.

Funerals and Burial Rites

Cryonics, Cryogenics, and the Alcor Foundation

This is the Web site of Alcor, the world's largest cryonics organization.

Funerals and Ripoffs

Sponsored by the Interfaith Funeral Information Committee and Arizona Consumers Council, this Web site is very critical of the funeral industry and specializes in exposing funeral home financial fraud.

The Internet Cremation Society

The Internet Cremation Society provides statistics on cremations, links to funeral industry resources, and answers to frequently asked questions.

Funeral and Memorial Societies of America

The Funeral Societies of America is the only group that monitors the funeral industry for consumers regarding funeral guides, planning, and issues of social concern.

Bereavement

Bereaved Families of Ontario Support Center

The Self-Help Resources Guide at this site indexes resources of the Center along with more than 300 listings of other resources and information that are useful to the bereaved.

The Compassionate Friends

This self-help organization for bereaved parents and siblings has hundreds of chapters worldwide.

GriefNet

Produced by a nonprofit group, Rivendell Resources, this site provides many links to the Web on bereavement process, resources for grievers, and information concerning grief support groups.

Widow Net

Widow Net is an information and self-help resource for and by widows and widowers. The information is helpful to people of all ages, religious backgrounds, and sexual orientation who have experienced a loss of a spouse or life partner.