Below is a list of suggestive resources to explore in preparting for excellence in person-and family-centered serious illness, end-of-life, and bereavement care. Should literature needs exist beyond this list, please contact the Resource Center to discuss in further detail (julie@rolbereavementresourcecenter.com).

Cacciatore, J. (2017). Bearing the unbearable: Love, loss, and the heartbreaking path of grief.

Cacciatore, J. (2020). Grieving is loving: Compassionate words for bearing the unbearable.

Callanan, M. & Kelley, P. (1992). Final gifts: Understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying.

Cook, A. S. & Dworkin, D. S. (1992). Helping the bereaved: Therapeutic interventions for children, adolescents, and adults.

Gawande, A. (2014). Being mortal.

Haugk, K.C. (2004). Don’t sing songs to a heavy heart: How to relate to those who are suffering.

Holloway, K.F. (2002). Passed on: African American mourning stories.

Jenkins, B. (2001). What to do when the police leave: A guide for the first days of traumatic loss (3^rd ed.).

Lewis, C. S. (1961). A grief observed.

Rando, T. (1984). Grief, dying, and death: Clinical interventions for caregivers.

Servaty-Seib, H. L. & Chapple, H.S. (2021). The handbook of thanatology: The essential body of knowledge for the study of death, dying, and bereavement.

Servaty-Seib, H. L. & Taub, D. J. (Eds) Assisting bereaved college students.

Sandberg, S. & Grant, A. (2017). Option B: Facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy.

Worden, J. W. (2002). Grief counseling and grief therapy (3^rd ed.).

Below is a list of suggestive serious illnes, end-of-life, and bereavement care organization websites to gain further knowledge and skills in a particular ares of practice. Should website needs exist beyond this list, please contact the Resource Center to discuss in further detail (julie@rolbereavementresourcecenter.com).

• Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors https://allianceofhope.org

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention https://afsp.org

• Association for Death Education and Counseling https://www.adec.org

• Doughy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children and Families https://www.dougy.org

• Drew Michael Taylor Foundation https://drewmichaeltaylor.org

• Highmark Caring Place https://www.highmarkcaringplace.com/cp2/index.shtml

• Hospice Foundation of America https://hospicefoundation.org

• National Alliance for Care at Home https://allianceforcareathome.org

• National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care https://www.nationalcoalitionhpc.org

• Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors https://www.taps.org