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Before I Die - is the on-line component to the PBS program BEFORE I DIE: MEDICAL CARE and PERSONAL CHOICES. The Web piece is an in-depth look at such topics as hospice, caregiving, living wills, palliative care, pain control, physician-assisted suicide, medical training and medical ethics.

Bereavement & Hospice support Netline - Wonderful source support groups within your state or specific situation. Highly recommended.

Concerned Counseling - is a 24 hr. telephone (1-888-415-TALK)/ internet counseling service with licensed professional counselors who provide confidential help or just someone to talk with about grief, loss, depression, loneliness, relationships, parenting, or other difficulties or problems.

Carecenter offers resources on bereavement and coping with death as well as information for patients, families, and primary care physicians on how and when one should use Hospice or home care.

Growth House - Provides a monthly guide to Net sites which deal with life-threatening illness and bereavement.

Heavenly Lights Children's Memorial - memorial dedicated  to raising awareness to childhood Cancer, Leukemia, Brain Tumors, AIDS and other diseases.  The goal is to tell the stories of these precious angels who lost their battle here on earth.

Niznik - In tribute to his late father and to Hospice, Mark Niznik will be walking across the USA this summer.

Obits - is a celebration of life and loss through personal stories of real people by those who knew them well and miss them most. Its goal is to be a comforting resource for bereaved families, friends, and grief counselors.

TLC Group - offers free grief education and intervention information in the form of Tip of the Month and Grief Briefs as well as a variety of support publications.

More Links …………….

WEBRING, links websites related to grief

http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/1795/penpalpage.html
Site for bereaved parents who would like to correspond with others via email. Also has chat room and message board.

http://www.counselingforloss.com
This is a grief support site.

http://www.journeyofhearts.org
This site, created by physicians is for anyone who has ever experienced a loss.It has plenty of information as well as stories and poetry. It is a place for enhancing physical and mental well-being.

http://www.angelfire.com/nv/penparents
Site for bereaved parents who would like to correspond with others via email.
NOTE: This site also includes a survey. The information will be used for a book on parenting after the loss of a child. Please take a moment to visit and complete the survey. Your help will be invaluable!!

http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=25787
Christian Grief and Healing Discussion Board
This is a board set up for people to share their grief and encouragement.

http://www.AngelChild.com
We all leave a legacy. This is a compilation of the legacies of AngelChildren who left their footprints on our earth and on our hearts.

http://www.netcom.com/~jcaccia/miss.html
Site called Mothers in Sympathy & Support (M.I.S.S.). Another great resource for bereaved parents.

http://www.remembrancewreath.com
A site where you can purchase a memorial "remembrance wreath" as a pin, notecard or other item that you can dedicate to your loved one or give as a gift to someone who has lost someone they love.

http://www.Griefworks.com
A site with several types of loss, resources and personal stories etc. by a member of ADEC and also a bereaved parent.

http://cgc.tarjema.com
Children's Grief Center
An organization devoted to reaching out to grieving children.

In Loving Memory - In Loving Memory is a support organization dedicated to helping parents cope with the death of their only child or all of their children.

• Address: 1416 Green Run Lake
• City/State: Reston, Virginia 22090
• Phone: (703) 435-0608
• Fax: none
• Email: none
• URL: none
• Contact: Linda Nielsen
  Title: Founder, Director

The Compassionate Friends (TCF) - National Office –This organizations goal is to assist bereaved parents and siblings in the positive resolution of the grief experienced upon the death of a child and to support their efforts to achieve physical and emotional health; To provide information and education about bereaved parents and siblings; To help those in their community, including family, friends, employers, co-workers, and professionals, to be supportive.

• Address: P.O. Box 3696
• City/State: Oak Brook, Illinois 60522-3696
• Phone: (708) 990-0010
• Fax: (708) 990-0246
• Email: none
• URL: none
• Contact: Diana Cunningham
  Title: Acting Executive Director

Rainbows - To provide curricular and training for establishing peer support groups for children, adolescents, and adults who are grieving a death, divorce, or other painful transition in their family.

• Address: 1111 Tower Road
• City/State: Shaumburg, Illinois 60173-4305
• Phone: (800 266-3206
• Fax: (847) 310-0120
• Email: none
• URL: none
• Contact: Laurie Olbrisch
  Title: Executive Vice President

 The Dougy Center - The Dougy Center for Grieving Children provides loving support in a safe place where children grieving a death can share their experience as they move through the healing process. The Dougy Center extends supportive services to the family, caregivers, schools, and the community.

• Address: 3903 S.E. 52nd Avenue, P.O. Box 86582
• City/State: Portland, Oregon 97286
• Phone: (503) 775-5683
• Fax: none
• Email: none
• URL: none
• Contact: Donna L. Schuurman, Ed.D.
  Title: Executive Director

American Self-Help Clearinghouse - Provides information on local self help group clearinghouses worldwide which help people to find and form bereavement self-help support groups. These self-help clearinghouses specialize in having information on starting groups and updated information on hundreds of local self-help support groups that are not affiliated with a national self-help organization. The American Self-Help Clearinghouse also provides free consultation to those interested in starting needed new self-help support groups that do not currently exist in the country.

• Address: Northwest Covenant Medical Center
• City/State: Denville, New Jersey 07834-2995
• Phone: (201) 625-9565
• Fax: (201) 625-8848
• Email: asch@buttercup.cybernex.net
• URL: http://www.cmhc.com/selfhelp/
• Contact: Ed Madara
  Title: Director

GriefNet - GriefNet is an internet resource that can connect the user with a variety of resources related to death, dying, bereavement, and major emotional and physical losses. GriefNet offers retrievable information in the gopher/web server and has interactive communication facilities - discussion and support groups - all for bereaved persons and those working with the bereaved, both professional and lay persons. All information on GriefNet is mirrored by its European site (GriefNet UK) which may provide faster access if calling from outside the US.

• Address: Rivendell Resources, P.O. Box 3272
• City/State: Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-3272
• Phone: none listed
• Fax: none
• Email: rivendel@falcon.ic.net
• URL: http://rivendell.org
• Contact: Cendra Lynn, Ph.D.
  Title: Founder, Coordinator

The House Next Door - Provides children and teens an avenue to express their concerns, feelings, and experiences with the grieving process

• City/State/Zipcode: Atlanta, Georgia 30328
• Phone: (404) 256-9797
• Fax: (404) 256-3483
• Contact: : Janet Mainor
  Title: : Director

Agee, James. A Death in the Family. Bantam Books, 1957.

Comfort & Spiritual Reading :

Segerberg, Osborn, Jr. Living With Death, Dutton, 1976. Drawing from recent research, the author seeks to answer questions about death's mystery, the good death, and the good life which leads to it.