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Life lessons : two experts on death and dying teach us about the mysteries of life and living

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Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 2000.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 K82l 2000

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

About the lessons we can learn about living from those who are dying.

Author: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 2000

Physical Description: 224 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Death; Attitude to Death; Popular Work

Abstract: About the lessons we can learn about living from those who are dying.

ISBN: 0684870754

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 K82l 2000

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Nana upstairs and nana downstairs

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dePaola, Tomie. New York, NY: Puffin Books , 1997.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 D419 1997

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

About a boy?s relationship with his grandmother and great grandmother which teaches him about death.

Author: dePaola, Tomie

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Puffin Books

Publication Date: 1997

Subjects: Death; Parent-Child Relations; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: About a boy?s relationship with his grandmother and great grandmother which teaches him about death.

ISBN: 0698118367; 9780698118362

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 C5 D419 1997

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Talking about death : a dialogue between parent and child

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Grollman, Earl A. [Boston, MA]: Beacon Press , 1990. 3rd ed., updated and expanded.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 G875 1990

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Includes principles for helping children; a passage to be read with a child; guidelines for responding to questions that might arise from the read-along section; and a list of resources.

Author: Grollman, Earl A

Edition: 3rd ed., updated and expanded

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Beacon Press

Publication Date: 1990

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Child; Death; Parent-Child Relations; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: Includes principles for helping children; a passage to be read with a child; guidelines for responding to questions that might arise from the read-along section; and a list of resources.

ISBN: 0807023639; 9780807023631

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 G875 1990

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Beyond grief : a guide for recovering from the death of a loved one

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Staudacher, Carol. Oakland, Ca.: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. , 1987.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 S798b 1987

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Staudacher, Carol

Place of Publication: Oakland, Ca.

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Publication Date: 1987

Physical Description: 144 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Grief; Social Support; Popular Work

ISBN: 0934986436

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 S798b 1987

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Our dad died : the true story of three kids whose lives changed

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Dennison, Amy, Dennison, Allie, Dennison, David. Minneapolis, MN.: Free Spirit Publishing , 2003.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 D411 2003

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

When Amy and Allie were eight and David was four, their father died unexpectedly in his sleep. For the next two years, with their mother's help and encouragement, they kept journals about their reactions to their loss. The chapters are organized chronologically from the time they learned the news t…

Author: Dennison, Amy; Dennison, Allie; Dennison, David

Place of Publication: Minneapolis, MN.

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Publication Date: 2003

Subjects: Grief; Death; Bereavement; Parent-Child Relations; Infant; Child; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: When Amy and Allie were eight and David was four, their father died unexpectedly in his sleep. For the next two years, with their mother's help and encouragement, they kept journals about their reactions to their loss. The chapters are organized chronologically from the time they learned the news through their return to school and other activities. At the end of each chapter, the children provide additional thoughts, as they look back five years later.

ISBN: 1575421356; 9781575421353

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 C5 D411 2003

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When a parent is sick : helping parents explain serious illness to children

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Hamilton, Joan. Lawrencetown Beach, N.S.: Pottersfield Press , 2001.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 H218 2001

Availability: 20 copies, 20 available

Author: Hamilton, Joan

Place of Publication: Lawrencetown Beach, N.S.

Publisher: Pottersfield Press

Publication Date: 2001

Physical Description: 128 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Parent-Child Relations; Attitude to Health; Death; Sick Role; Popular Work

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0000937, F0001060, F0002429); Surrey CIC keep 2022 PFC (F0002413, F0002414, F0002415)

ISBN: 9781895900910; 9781895900408; 1895900409; 1895900913

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 H218 2001

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Caregiving : the spiritual journey of love, loss, and renewal

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McLeod, Beth Witrogen. New York, NY: J. Wiley & Sons , c1999.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 M479 1999

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: McLeod, Beth Witrogen

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: J. Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: c1999

Physical Description: viii, 264 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Caregivers - psychology; Terminal Care; Loss; Grief; Bereavement

ISBN: 0471254088 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780471254089

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 M479 1999

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Caring for people with learning disabilities who are dying

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Blackman, Noelle, Todd, Stuart. London, UK: Worth Publishning , 2005.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WB310 B629 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Blackman, Noelle; Todd, Stuart

Place of Publication: London, UK

Publisher: Worth Publishning

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: x, 53 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Learning Disorders; Communication disorders; Terminal Care - methods; Mentally Disabled Persons; IIntellectual Disability; Terminally Ill - psychology; Death

ISBN: 9781903269176; 1903269172

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library

Call Number: WB310 B629 2005

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Coping with the final tragedy : cultural variation in dying and grieving

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Amityville, N.Y.: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. , 1991.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: BF789 C783 1991

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Counts, David; Counts, Dorothy A.

Place of Publication: Amityville, N.Y.

Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.

Publication Date: 1991

Subjects: Death; Grief; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Adaptation, Psychological

ISBN: 0895030829

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 C783 1991

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Grief and the healing arts : creativity as therapy

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Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. , 1999.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G726 1999

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Shows ways to use the healing arts to help grievers transcend loss.

Editor: Bertman, Sandra L

Place of Publication: Amityville, NY

Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.

Publication Date: 1999

Physical Description: x, 427 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Art Therapy; Grief; Counseling; Music Therapy; Popular Work

Abstract: Shows ways to use the healing arts to help grievers transcend loss.

ISBN: 9780895031983; 0895031981

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 G726 1999

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When someone very special dies : children can learn to cope with grief

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Heegaard, Marge Eaton. Minneapolis, MN.: Woodland Press , 1988.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 H458 1988

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

A practical format for allowing children to understand the concept of death and develop coping skills for life.

Author: Heegaard, Marge Eaton

Place of Publication: Minneapolis, MN.

Publisher: Woodland Press

Publication Date: 1988

Subjects: Death; Grief; Parent-Child Relations; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: A practical format for allowing children to understand the concept of death and develop coping skills for life.

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 C5 H458 1988

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Gentle willow : a story for children about dying

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Mills, Joyce C. New York, NY: Magination Press , 1993.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 M657 1993

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

When the willow tree gets sick and nothing will make him well, his friends in the wood learn about death, and saying good-bye.

Author: Mills, Joyce C

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Magination Press

Publication Date: 1993

Subjects: Death; Attitude to Death; Infant; Child; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: When the willow tree gets sick and nothing will make him well, his friends in the wood learn about death, and saying good-bye.

ISBN: 945354541

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 C5 M657 1993

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Lifetimes : a beautiful way to explain death to children

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Mellonie, Bryan, Ingpen, Robert. [Toronto, ON]: Bantam Books, Incorporated , 1983.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 M527 1983

Availability: 10 copies, 10 available

This book talks about the various lengths of life spans for plants, animals, and people and shows that dying is very much a part of living. It explains that there is a beginning and an end with living in between, and that sometimes things are too hurt or ill to continue living, so they die.

Author: Mellonie, Bryan; Ingpen, Robert

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Bantam Books, Incorporated

Publication Date: 1983

Subjects: Death; Attitude to Death; Parent-Child Relations; Infant; Child; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: This book talks about the various lengths of life spans for plants, animals, and people and shows that dying is very much a part of living. It explains that there is a beginning and an end with living in between, and that sometimes things are too hurt or ill to continue living, so they die.

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022 PFC (F0002473, F0002474)

ISBN: 0553340239; 9780553344028

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 C5 M527 1983

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Aunt Mary buttons

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Jones, Diane Jarvis. [Vancouver, BC?]: Diane Jarvis Jones , 1995.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 J76 1995

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

The narrator remembers being a baby and being given a button blanket by Aunt Mary. Aunt Mary comes to live with the family when the narrator is five and she is seriously ill and dying. She sings a song to the young child who is afraid of death but does not understand its meaning. After the death of…

Author: Jones, Diane Jarvis

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: Diane Jarvis Jones

Publication Date: 1995

Subjects: Grief; Family; Attitude to Death; Parent-Child Relations; Infant; Child; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: The narrator remembers being a baby and being given a button blanket by Aunt Mary. Aunt Mary comes to live with the family when the narrator is five and she is seriously ill and dying. She sings a song to the young child who is afraid of death but does not understand its meaning. After the death of Aunt Mary, the child continues to give others buttons in remembrance.

ISBN: 096994070X; 9780969940708

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 C5 J76 1995

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Last touch : preparing for a parent's death

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Becker, Marilyn R. Oakland, Ca.: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. , 1992.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 B395 1992

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Becker, Marilyn R

Place of Publication: Oakland, Ca.

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Publication Date: 1992

Subjects: Death; Attitude to Death; Parent-Child Relations

ISBN: 1879237342; 9781879237346

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 B395 1992

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But won't Granny need her socks? : dealing effectively with children's concerns about death and dying

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Knowles, Donald W, Reeves, Nancy C. Dubuque, Ia.: Kendall/Hunt , 1983.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 K73 1983

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Discusses basic characteristics of children's understanding of death and reactions to loss and suggests ways of responding to children's concerns. Looks at children up to 6 years, 6-10 years, adolescent and at individual's differences. Includes questionnaires and check lists

Author: Knowles, Donald W; Reeves, Nancy C

Place of Publication: Dubuque, Ia.

Publisher: Kendall/Hunt

Publication Date: 1983

Subjects: Death; Attitude to Death; Parent-Child Relations; Popular Work

Abstract: Discusses basic characteristics of children's understanding of death and reactions to loss and suggests ways of responding to children's concerns. Looks at children up to 6 years, 6-10 years, adolescent and at individual's differences. Includes questionnaires and check lists