There are many great organizations and books working to promote and encourage open dialogue about end-of-life planning, planning for death, and grief and loss. These websites and books may help you start a dialogue with your family and friends and help you discover what matters most to you.
WEBSITES
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
American Association of Suicidology
American Childhood Cancer Organization
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
National Alliance for Caregiving
National Funeral Directors Association
National Healthcare Decisions Day
National Military Family Association
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
National Mental Health America
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
BOOKS
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Final Gifts by Maggie Callanan
Dying Well by Ira Byock, MD
The Four Things That Matter Most by Ira Byock, MD
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Living Fully, Dying Well by Edward W. Bastian and Tina L. Staley
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis