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Speaker

D. Brookes Cowan, Ph.D., MSW

D. Brookes Cowan, Ph.D., MSW, a medical sociologist and gerontologist, has taught in the Sociology Department at the University of Vermont since 1983. Specializing in end-of-life care issues, Dr. Cowan participated in the Robert Wood Johnson's “Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care” workgroup on Huntington's disease and is a member of the Madison-Deane Initiative. Dr. Cowan was on sabbatical leave from the University of Vermont from September 2005 through the summer of 2006 traveling throughout the United States and Europe to show Pioneers of Hospice: Changing the Face of Dying and to speak about end-of-life issues. If you would like Brookes to visit your community, please contact MDI at mdi@vnacares.org or the MDI program coordinator at .

 
 

Suggested Reading
 

Books for Adults

  • AuthorTitleYearPublisherVersion# of pages
  • Albom, MitchTuesday's with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson2003Time Warnerpaperback212
  • Byock, M.D. IraDying Well1998Riverhead Tradepaperback320
  • Byock, M.D., IraThe Four Things That Matter Most: A Book About Living2004Free Presshardcover240
  • Didion, JoanThe Year of Magical Thinking2007Vintagepaperback240
  • Dunn, HankLight in the Shadows: Meditations While Living with a Life Threatening Illness2005A&A Publisherspaperback80
  • Dunn, HankHard Choices for Loving People2001A&A Publisherspaperback76
  • Goldman, LindaLife and Loss: A Guide to Helping Grieving Children1999Routledgepaperback224
  • Groopman, JeromeThe Measure of Our Days: A Spiritual Exploration of Illness1998Penguin paperback242
  • Jevene, R. & Miller, J.Finding Hope: Ways to See Life in a Brighter Light1999Willowgreen Publishingpaperback64
  • Kiernan, Stephen PLast Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System2007St. Martin’s Griffinpaperback320
  • Kubler-Ross, M.D., ElizabethOn Death and Dying1997Scribnerhardcover288
  • Kubler-Ross, M.D., ElizabethQuestions and Answers on Death and Dying1997Scribnerpaperback192
  • Lief, JudithMaking Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality2001Shambhala Presspaperback180
  • Meyer, MariaThe Comfort of Home: A Complete Guide for Caregivers2002Care Trust Publicationspaperback400
  • Parkes, Colin MurrayLove and Loss: Studies of Grief in Adult Life2008Routledgepaperback430
  • Redfern, S. & Gilbert, S.K.The Grieving Garden: Living with the Death of a child2008Hampton Roads Publishing Co. paperback304
  • Remen, Rachel N.Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal 10th Anniversary Edition2006Riverhead Tradepaperback384
  • Remen, Rachel N.My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belongoing2001Riverhead Tradepaperback400
  • Schuurman, DonnaNever the Same: Coming to Terms with the Death of a Parent2004St. Martin’s Griffinpaperback256
  • Silverman, Phyllis R.Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives2000Oxford Univ.Presspaperback288
  • Trungpa, ChogyamThe Tibetan Book of Living and DyingRev. 1994HarperOnepaperback425
  • Trungpa, ChogyamThe Tibetan Book of the Dead1992HarperOnepaperback236



Books for Children & Youth

  • AuthorTitleYearPublisherVersion# of pages
  • Buscaglia, LeoThe Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story for All Ages1982Slack Inc.hardcover32
  • dePaola, TomieNana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs2000Putnam Juvenilepaperback32
  • Fry, Virginia L. &
    Paterson, Katherine    Part of Me Died Too: Stories of Creative Survival of Bereaved Children & Teens1995Dutton Juvenilepaperback240
  • Krementz, JillHow it Feels When a Parent Dies1988Knopfpaperback128
  • Mills, Joyce C.Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying2003Magination Presspaperback32
  • Schweibert, P & DeKlyen, CTear Soup2005GriefWatchhardcover56
  • Silverman, JanisHelp Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies1999Fairview Presspaperback32
  • Thomas, PatI Miss You: A First Look at Death2001Barron Educational Seriespaperback32
  • Varley, SusanBadger's Parting Gift1992HarperCollinspaperback32