Links

Allgemeines zum Thema Tod und Sterben

Thanatolinks - Death related links on the web - bunte Sammlung verschiedenster Themen 

Death related weblinks (Link-Sammlung von Mike Leming)

ENCARTAÒ online: "Thanatology"Der Tod in Deutschland in Realität und RechtsordnungTod-und-Trauer.de das Infoportal zum Thema Tod und Trauer

MEMOSITE - Nachrufe im weltlichen Trauerportal

Bücher, Buchtipps & Zeitschriften

Amazon.com - Buchhandlung mit eigenem Suchprogramm

Barnes and Nobles - Versandbuchhandlung mit eigener Suchmaschine.

Growthhouse Inc. bookstore (Versandbuchhandlung).

Growthhouse Inc. - professional resources

Fortbildungsprogramme

Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC): http://www.adec.org/

SOINS PALLIATIFS ET THANATOLOGIE http://www.ikb.vsnet.ch/SP98.html [in französisch]

Organisationen

Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC): http://www.adec.org/

Dying with Dignity - A Canadian Society Concerned With The Quality of Dying.

National Hospice Organisation

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Comments from: DeSpelder, L. A., Strickland, A. L. & Berns, C. F. (1999). Instructor´s Guide for The Last Dance. Encountering Death and Dying. (5th Ed.), Mountain View (Cal.), Mayfield Publishing.

Children with AIDS Project. 
Information and education about children with  AIDS along with a variety of services for children affected by AIDS, including those who need foster or adoptive care. Links to the Apple-sponsored online community where sick kids can communicate with each other.

Centers for Disease Control: 
Through the CDC´s site, you can link to other sources of statistics, reports, and health care data.

GriefNet: 
GriefNet is a place where you can communicate with others via e-mail support groups in the areas of death, grief, and major loss, including life-threatening and chronic illness.

Growth House: 
With the goal of improving the quality of care for dying, this site offers an extensive directory of resources on the internet relating to life-threatening illness and end-of-life care; alsooffer a monthly e-mail newsletter.

Hospice Hands: 
This web promotes the hospice philosophy by providing an online source of hospice-related information, including original articles and book reviews. The focus is global and multicultural.

The Internet Cremation Society: 
A web site that screens local cremation societies to provide information on the least expensive alternative for body disposition in a particular location in the United States and Canada.

The Library of Congress: 
Provides access to the catalogs of the Library of Congress, other libraries, databases on special topocs, and other Library of Congress internet resources, including government resources, internet search tools, and resources for learning more about the internet and the World Wide Web.

MedNet Interactive: 
The online companion to COR Healthcare Resources´ monthly print publication, Medicine on the Net, MedNet offers healthcare-related links grouped by topics.

The NLM PubMed Project: 
PubMed is a projectdeveloped by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Instituts of Health (NIH). It has been developed in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at web sites of participating publishers.

National Public Radio: The End of Life - Exploring Death in America: 
Beginning in November1998, National Public Radio broadcast regular programs in a series, "The End of Life: Exploring Death in America". At this site you can download transcripts of the original broadcasts, as well as resources, a bibliography, and readings. There is also a placeto tell your own story and give feedback to the programmers. Among the topics covered in this series are palliative medicine at life´s end, grief and bereavement, doctors and death, reincarnation and Tibetan Buddhism, and the biology of suicide.

OncoLink: University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center: 
This site contains an extensive resource directory about cancer. From specific information about particular types of cancer to psychosocial support and personal experiences, the global resources include institutions, organizations, associations, support groups, online journals, book reviews, and other resources for cancer patients and physicians.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Last Acts: 
The goals of this foundation include the funding of projects that omprove the way services are organized ond provieded to people with chronic health conditions and the search for better ways to care for the dying, thus bringing end-of-life issues into the public arena and helping individuals and organizations do health-services research and public education.

SA \ VE: Suicide Awareness \ Voices of Education: 
Provides education and information about suicide and suicide prevention, as well as outreach and grief support for those who have lost loved ones to suicide. Includes the CDC´s most recent statistics on death by suicide, frequently asked questions about suicide, book reviews, and other resources about suicide.

Wills and Estate Planning:
This section of Nolo Press´s web site provides answers to questions about planning for death, from writing a basic will to organ donation. There is also information about probate, methods for eliminating or reducing death taxes, funeral planning, and choosing someone to handle your affairs if you become incapacitated.