Helen L. DeRoy Medical Library: Consumer Health Web Resources - Death & Dying

LOCATION:
The library, located on the ground floor of DePaul Center near the cafeteria.

HOURS:
Monday - Friday
     8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Weekends & Holidays
     Closed

PHONE:
248-849-3294

EMAIL US

Directories and Portals

On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying - This web site offeres articles and links to high-quality resources for people who are dying and those caring for them, including financial advice, eldercare locators, and information about pain management.

Partnership for Caring - This site provides education, service and counseling to people who need accurate and reliable information about end-of-life care.

Growth House - An international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care.

Death and Dying - A collection of links about dealing with terminal illness, wills, religious views of death, and near-death experiences.

End-of-Life Tools

Dying: A Financial Guide - A comprehensive list of financial aid programs available to the elderly, the seriously ill, and the dying.

Funeral Consumers Alliance - This organization is dedicated to increasing funeral consumer protection and their site provides resources to assist the consumer in planning a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral.

Funeral Planning - A free consumer information and education resource on funerals and funeral planning.

Funerals: A Consumer Guide - The Federal Trade Commissions site on funeral planning. 

Wills and Estate Planning - Click on "Wills and Estate Planning" for information on wills and estate planning information for wills, trusts, living wills, power of attorney and more

Hospice

Hospice Foundation of America  - Locate a hospice and find other information on terminal illness, death, and the process of grief and bereavement.

Hospice - A site for patients facing life-threatening illness, and their families.

Zen Hospice Project - provides a spectrum of collaborative services including residential hospice care, volunteer programs and educational efforts that foster wisdom and compassion in service.

Grief and Psychological Support

Grief & Loss - Belief.Net's Internet Community which combines spiritual content into the grieving process.

GriefNet - An Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss.

GrievingChild  - support and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.