The Natural Death Handbook

Booklist - For an up-to-date book list, please see the Resources chapter of The Natural Death Handbook.

NDC = Can be ordered through the Natural Death Centre book service.

- Ainsworth-Smith, Ian and Speck, Peter Letting Go - Caring for the dying and bereaved, SPCK, 1982, 154 pp, £6-99, ISBN 0 281 03861 0.

- [***] Albery, Nicholas et al (eds), Before and After - The best new ideas for improving the quality of dying and for inexpensive, green, family-organised funerals, The Natural Death Centre (see Organisations below), 1995, 80 pp, £5-95 incl. p&p, ISBN 0 9523280 1 1. Out of print, but available online at www.globalideasbank.org/befaft/contents.html.

- NDC[***] Albery, Nicholas et al (eds), Creative Endings - Designer dying and celebratory funerals, The Natural Death Centre (see Organisations below), 1996, 80 pp, £5-95 incl. p&p, ISBN 0 9523280 2 X. This book can be viewed via the Natural Death Centre website.

- NDC[***] Albery, Nicholas et al (eds), Last Aid Manual - For families and palliative care workers, The Natural Death Centre (see Organisations below), 1999, 108 pp, £5-95 incl. p&p, ISBN 0 9523280 6 2. This book can be viewed via the Natural Death Centre website.

- [***] Albery, Nicholas et al (eds), Natural Death and Woodland Burial, The Natural Death Centre (see Organisations below), 1997, 104 pp, £5-95 incl. p&p, ISBN 0 9523280 5 4. Out of print, but available free on the web at www.globalideasbank.org/ndw/ndwcontent.html.

- NDC[***] Albery, Nicholas and Wienrich, Stephanie (eds), The Natural Death Handbook, 4th edition. The latest edition of this present book, published for The Natural Death Centre by Rider, 2003, 384 pp, £14-99 incl. p&p from the Natural Death Centre (see organisations below), this book can be ordered securely online.

- [***] Albery, Nicholas et al (eds), Sooner or Later - Preparing for dying and family-organised funerals, The Natural Death Centre (see Organisations below), 1997, 88 pp, £5-95 incl. p&p, ISBN 0 9523280 4 6. Out of print, but available free on the web at www.globalideasbank.org/soonlat/SLTOP.HTML.

- Alexander, Helen (ed), Living with Dying, 2-75 incl. p&p (cheques to 'BSS') from Living with Dying, PO Box 7, London W3 6XJ.

- Aleksander, Tobe, A Practical Guide to Coping with Death, Channel 4 TV, 1992, 47pp for 34p stamp and SAE from Coping With Death, PO Box 4000, London W3 6XJ.

- Arya, Pandit Usharbudh, Meditation and the Art of Dying, Himalayan, 1985, 180 pp, $9-95, ISBN 0 89389 056 1.

- Bailey, Alice, Death - The great adventure, Lucis Press, 1985, 144 pp, £4-50, ISBN 085330 138 7.

- Bender, Mike and Lloyd, Christa and Cooper, Alison, The Quality of Dying - in residential homes, nursing homes and hospital wards, Winslow Press,1990, 108 pp, ISBN 0 86388 077.

- Benn, June (ed), Memorials - An anthology of poetry and prose, Ravette, 1986.

- Boerstler, Richard, Letting Go - A holistic and meditative approach to living and dying, Associates in Thanatology, 1985, 60 pp, $3-95 plus $2 p&p, ISBN 0 9607928 0 5 T (see Videos and Tapes below, for address).

- Boston, Sarah and Trezise, Rachael, Merely Mortal - Coping with dying, death and bereavement, Methuen, 1987, 214 pp, £3-95, ISBN 0 413 15590 0.

- Bowlby, John, Loss, Sadness and Depression, Penguin, 1980, £8-99, ISBN 0 14 013839 0. Psychoanalytic exploration of children's reactions to loss of mother.

- Brotchie, Jane, Help at Hand - The home carer's survival guide, Bedford Square Press, 1990, 148 pp, £6-95, ISBN 0 7199 1282 2.

- Buckman, Dr Robert, I Don't Know What To Say - How to help and support someone who is dying, Macmillan Papermac, 1990, 247 pp, £8-99, ISBN 0 333 54035 2.

- Cancerlink, Caring for the Very Sick Person At Home, available free (see Cancerlink, under Organisations below). A helpful 25 page pamphlet.

- Cannon, Geoffrey, The Good Fight - The life and work of Caroline Walker, Ebury Press, 1989, 179 pp, £4-99, ISBN 0 7126 3769 9.

- Carlson, Lisa, Caring For Your Own Dead, Upper Access, 1987, 344 pp, $12-50, ISBN 0 942679 01 6.

- Collick, Elizabeth, Through Grief, available from CRUSE (see under Organisations below), £4.60 inc. p&p.

- Copperman, Harriet, Dying at Home, Wiley, 1988, 158 pp, £5-50, ISBN 0 471 26278 1.

- Davies, Douglas, Cremation Today and Tomorrow, Grove Books, 46 pp, £3-50, ISBN 1 85174 165 8.

- Davies, Russell, Law of Burial, Cremation and Exhumation, Shaw and Sons, 1982.

- Davies, Simon, Death Meditation, non-sectarian booklet available from the author at 341 Gregson Lane, Houghton, Preston, Lancs PR5 OFD.

- Dickenson, Donna and Johnson, Malcolm (eds), Death, Dying and Bereavement, Sage, 1993, 355 pp, £12-95. This is the reader for the Open University course on death and dying.

- Doyle, Derek, Coping with a Dying Relative, Macdonald, 1983, 96 pp, £2-95, ISBN 0 86334 026 1.

- Doyle, Derek, Domiciliary Terminal Care, Churchill Livingstone, 1987, £6-95. Aimed at GPs and community nurses but covering pain, diet, equipment and counselling.

- NDC[***] Duda, Deborah, Coming Home - A guide to dying at home with dignity, Aurora Press (PO Box 573, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504, USA, tel 0101 505 989 9804, USA), 1987, 404 pp, £11-95 from Airlift (tel 020 7 607 5792), ISBN 0 943358 31 0.

- England, Audrey (ed), Helping Ourselves, 2 from The Compassionate Friends (see under Organisations below). For those who have lost a child.

- Enright, D. J. (ed), The Oxford Book of Death, OUP,1987, 351 pp, £5-95, ISBN 0 19 282013 3.

- [***] Foos-Graber, Anya, Deathing - An intelligent alternative for the final moments of life, Nicolas-Hays, 1989, 397 pp, £11-95 from Airlift (tel 020 7 607 5792), ISBN 0 89254 016 8.

- Foster, Margaret, Have the Men had Enough?, Penguin, 1990. About looking after someone with Alzheimer's Disease.

- Fremantle, Francesca and Trungpa, Chögyam (eds), The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Shambhala, 1975, 120 pp, $3-95, ISBN 0 394 73064 X.

- Garcia, Marlene, How to Write a Will and Gain Probate, Kogan Paul, 1989.

- Glaser, Barney and Strauss, A. L., Awareness of Dying, Aldine Publishing, 1965, ISBN 0 202 30001 3. Hospital-based research.

- Gold, E. J., The Lazy Man's Guide to Death and Dying, IDHHB Publishing, (PO Box 370, Nevada City, CA 95959, USA, tel 0101 916 477 1116), 1983, $17-49, ISBN 0 89556 041 0. Tibetan-style approach, but jokey and graphically punchy. Only a few damaged copies left at present. For UK, see also 'Gold' under Videos and Tapes, below.

- Gold, E. J., The Labyrinth Reader's Course, IDHHB Publishing, (PO Box 370, Nevada City, CA 95959, USA, tel 0101 916 477 1116), $50. A course for learning how to guide the soul on its way. For UK, see also 'Gold' under Videos and Tapes, below.

- Gold, E. J., The New American Book of the Dead, IDHHB Publishing (PO Box 370, Nevada City, CA 95959, USA, tel 0101 916 477 1116), 1983, $12-50, ISBN 0 89556 051 8. Describes in plain English how to help the person through and beyond death, with readings, from a Tibetan-style perspective. For UK, see also 'Gold' under Videos and Tapes, below.

- Green, J.and Green, M. Dealing with Death, Chapman & Hall, 1992, ISBN 0 412 36410 7. Wide coverage of legal, technical and religious aspects.

- Green, Jennifer, Death With Dignity - Meeting the spiritual needs of patients in a multi-cultural society, Nursing Times (Macmillan Magazines), 15 pp, ISBN 0 333 54971 6.

- Grey, Margot, Return from Death - An exploration of the Near-Death Experience, Arkana (Penguin), 1987, 206 pp, £5-99, ISBN 0 14 019051 1.

- [***] Grof, Stanislav and Halifax, Joan, The Human Encounter with Death, Souvenir Press, 1978, 240 pp, £2-95, ISBN 0 285 64874 8. Out of print, alas.

- Grollman, E., Talking About Death, Beacon Press (Boston), 1970. For parent and child to read together.

- Grosz, Anton, Letters to a Dying Friend - What comes next, based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Quest, 1989, 169 pp, $9-95, ISBN 0 8356 0640 6.

- Harding, Douglas, The Little Book of Life and Death, Arkana (Penguin), 1988, 150 pp, £4-99, ISBN 0 14 019174 7.

- Hastings, Diana, Crisis Point, survivor's guide to living, Papermac (Macmillan), 1989, ISBN 0 333 48267 0. Has a good chapter on dying.

- Hicks, Cherryl, Who Cares? Looking after people at home, Virago, 1988, 271 pp, £5-95, ISBN 0 86068 834 8. Well-argued case for better provision for carers.

- Hinton, John, Dying, Penguin, 1972, 221 pp, £4-99, ISBN 0 14 020866 6.

- Hockey, Jennifer, Experiences of Death - An anthropological account, Edinburgh University Press, 1990, 218 pp, £30, ISBN 0 7486 0221 6.

- Hockey, Jennifer, Making the Most of a Funeral, CRUSE (see under Organisation below), 1992, 54 pp, £2-50, ISBN 0 900321 04 0. Useful suggestions aimed at priests, such as: involve the family, no rushing, use symbols and include the children.

- Huxley, Laura, This Timeless Moment - A personal view of Aldous Huxley, Chatto and Windus, 1969, 330 pp, ISBN 7011 1439 8. Tells the story of his dying.

- Illingworth, Mary, How to Direct Your Own Funeral, Bookstall Publications (79A Gloucester Road, Bristol BS7 8AS, tel 0117 9246248), 1992, booklet, 49 pp, £10.

- John, Da Free, Easy Death - Talks and essays on the inherent and ultimate transcendence of death and everything else, Dawn Horse Press, 1983, 410 pp, $10-95, ISBN 0 913922 57 9.

- Jones, Mary, Secret Flowers - Mourning and the adaptation to loss, Women's Press, 1988, 81 pp, £2-95, ISBN 0 7043 4122 0. About coming to terms with the death of her husband from cancer.

- Kamath, M. V., Philosophy of Death and Dying, Himalayan International Institute of Yoga, Honesdale, PA, USA, 1978.

- Kapleau, Philip, The Wheel of Life and Death - A practical and spiritual guide, Rider (Century Hutchinson), 1989, 371 pp, £8-95, ISBN 0 7126 3621 8.

- Keleman, Stanley, Living Your Dying, Center Press,1974, 156 pp, $7-95 (£6-50), ISBN 0 934320 09 8.

- Kellehear, Allan, Dying of Cancer - The final year of life, Harwood Academic, 1990, 246 pp, $40, ISBN 3 7186 5070 3.

- Kohner, Nancy, Caring at Home: A handbook for people looking after someone at home, National Extension College, 1988, £2-50 from the Kings Fund Centre, 126 Albert St, London NW1 (tel 020 7 267 6111).

- Kohner, Nancy, and Mares, Penny, Who Cares Now? Caring for an older person, BBC Education, 1991, £1 incl. p&p from Who Cares Now?, PO Box 7, London W3 6XJ.

- Knapp, Ronald J., Beyond Endurance, When a Child Dies, Schocken Books (USA), 1986, £7-95, ISBN 0 8052 0823 2. Records all aspects of the experience of the bereaved parent (including where the child was murdered). Knapp really listened to the 135 families he interviewed.

- Krementz, J., How it Feels when a Parent Dies, Gollancz, 1986. Stories from 18 children.

- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, AIDS - The Ultimate Challenge, Collier Books (Macmillan, New York),1987, 330 pp, $4-95, ISBN 0 02 059001 6. In UK £6-20 (incl. p&p) from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation (see Organisations below).

- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, (ed), Death - The Final Stage of Growth, Spectrum (Prentice-Hall), 1975, 179 pp, $2-95, ISBN 0 13 196998 6. In UK £6-20 (incl. p&p) from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation (see Organisations below).

- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, Living with Death and Dying, Souvenir Press, 1982, 181 pp, £7-95, ISBN 0 285 64957 4. In UK £8-20 (incl. p&p) from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation (see Organisations below).

- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, On Children and Death, Collier Books (Macmillan, New York), 1985, 279 pp, $5-95, ISBN 0 02 076670 X. In UK £6 (incl. p&p) from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation (see Organisations below).

- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, On Death and Dying, Tavistock Publications (Routledge), 1973, 272 pp, £9-99, ISBN 0 415 04015 9. In UK £11-24 (incl. p&p) from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation (see Organisations below).

- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, On Life After Death, Celestial Arts (Berkeley, California), 1991, 82 pp, $7-95, ISBN 0 89087 653 3. In UK £6-95 (incl. p&p) from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation (see Organisations below).

- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, photos by Warshaw, Mal, To Live Until We Say Goodbye, Prentice-Hall, 1978, 160 pp, $10-99 (£8-95). In UK £10-45 (incl. p&p) from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation (see Organisations below).

- Kupferman, Jeanette, When the Crying's Done, Robson Books. Her experience of widowhood, moving and courageous.

- Lake, Dr Tony, Living With Grief, Sheldon Press, 1984. Sensitively written.

- Lamerton, Richard, Care of the Dying, Pelican, 1980, 240 pp, £4-99, ISBN 0 14 022275 8.

- Lamm, Maurice, The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning, Jonathan David Publishers (NY), 1989.

- Leary, Timothy and Metzner, Ralph and Alpert, Richard, The Psychedelic Experience - A manual based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Citadel, 1990, 157 pp, $7-95, ISBN 0 8065 0552 4.

- Levine, Stephen, A Gradual Awakening, Gateway Books (The Hollies, Wellow, Bath BA2 8QJ), 1979, £5-95.

- Levine, Stephen, Guided Meditations, Exploration, Healings, Gateway Books, 1992, £8-95.

- Levine, Stephen, Meetings at the Edge, Gateway Books, 1982, £6-95.

- [***] Levine, Stephen, Healing into Life & Death, Gateway Books, 1990, 290 pp, £7-95, ISBN 0 946551 48 0. Contains a number of useful meditations.

- NDC[***] Levine, Stephen, Who Dies? - An investigation of conscious living and conscious dying, Gateway Books, 1986, 317 pp, £7-95, ISBN 0 946551 45 6.

- Lewis, C. S., A Grief Observed, Faber & Faber, 1966 (reprinted1985), £1-95.

- Lewis, Martyn, Tears and Smiles: The hospice handbook, Michael O'Mara Books, 1989.

- Litten, Julian, The English Way of Death - The common funeral since 1450, Robert Hale, 1991, 254 pp, £25, ISBN 0 7090 4350 3.

- Lodö, Lama, Bardo Teachings, Snow Lion (Ithaca, NY) 1987. For the Buddhist stages of death.

- Lorimer, David, Whole in One - The Near-Death Experience and the ethic of interconnectedness, Arkana (Penguin),1990, 340 pp, £6-99, ISBN 0 14 019258 1.

- Macllanan, Maggie, and Kelley, Patricia, Final Gifts, Hodder and Stoughton, £9-99, ISBN 0 340 57471 X. 'The subtleties of communicating with the dying.'

- Manning, Doug, Don't Take My Grief Away - What to do when you lose a loved one, Harper & Row, 1984.

- Mathias, Beverley and Spiers, Desmond, A Handbook on Death and Bereavement Helping Children Understand, National Libary for the Handicapped Child, 1992, ISBN 0 948664 10 X.

- Melonie, Bryan and Ingpen, Robert, Beginnings and Endings, With Lifetimes in Between, Bantam Books (USA), 1983, £4-95, ISBN 1 850288 038 X. For children 8 to 11.

- Messenger, Dally, Ceremonies for Today, Armadale (Brian Zouch Publications, Victoria), 1979. Examples of Australian life-centred funerals.

- Mooney, Bel, Perspectives for Living, John Murray. A collection of interviews with bereaved people.

- Morgan, Ernest, Dealing Creatively with Death, Barclay House, 1990, 167 pp, $11-95, ISBN 0 935016 79 1.

- Morse, Melvyn, Closer to the Light, Ivy Books (Ballantine, New York), 1990, 237 pp, ISBN 0 8041 0832 3.

- Mullin, Glenn H., Death and Dying - The Tibetan tradition, Arkana (Penguin), 1986, 251 pp, £5-95, ISBN 1 85063 024 0.

- Nearing, Helen, Loving and Leaving the Good Life, Chelsea Green Publishing Company (Post Mills, Vermont, USA), 1992, 197 pp, $19-95, ISBN 0 930031 54 7; £10 hardback in UK (p & p extra) from Kathleen Jannaway, 47 Highlands, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8NQ. The life and dying of Scott Nearing.

- Neuberger, Julia, Caring for Dying People of Different Faiths, Austen Cornish, 59 pp, £5-50, ISBN 1 870065 00 X.

- Neuberger, Julia and White, John (eds), A Necessary End - Attitudes to death, Papermac (Macmillan), 1991, 178 pp, £10-99, ISBN 0 333 48276 X.

- Nuttall, Derek, The Early Days of Grieving, Beaconsfield.

- Owens, Dr R. G. and Naylor, F., GP, Living While Dying - What to do and what to say when you are, or someone close to you is dying, Thorsons, 1989, 112 pp, £4-99, ISBN 0 7225 1620 7.

- Parrish-Harra, Carol, A New Age Handbook of Death and Dying, De Vorss (Marina del Rey, California) 1982, 138 pp, $5-95, ISBN 0 87516 470 6. Poignant about the loss of her own children, and with a psychic dimension.

- Riemer, Jack (ed), Jewish Reflections on Death and Mourning, Shocken Books (NY), 1976.

- Ring, Kenneth, Heading Toward Omega - In search of the meaning of the Near-Death Experience, Quill, 1985, 348 pp, $8-95, ISBN 0 688 06268 7.

- Rinpochay, Lati and Hopkins, Jeffrey, Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth, Rider, 1979.

- [***] Rinpoche, Sogyal, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Rider/Random House, 1992, 427 pp, hardback, £16-99, ISBN 0 7126 5437 2. Superb and compassionate book on spiritual help for the dying, and well adapted for the Westerner. It gives the background of the teachings, rather than being a prayer book to use. (See also Rigpa in Organisations, below.)

- Rose, Xenia, Widow's Journey - A return to living, Souvenir Press, 1992, 204 pp, £13-95, ISBN 0 285 65098 X.

- St Christopher's Hospice, Someone Special Has Died, St Christopher's Hospice (see Organisations below), 8 pp. An illustrated booklet for children.

- St Christopher's Hospice, Your Parent Has Died, St Christopher's Hospice (see Organisations below), 1991.

- Sanders, Dr Catherine, Surviving Grief and Learning to Live Again, John Wiley and Sons Inc (New York), 1992, 223 pp, $10-95, ISBN 0 471 53471 4.

- Saunders, Cicely, Hospice and Palliative Care - An interdisciplinary approach, Edward Arnold, 1990, 120 pp, ISBN 0 340 54462 7.

- Schiff, Harriet Sarnoff, The Bereaved Parent, Souvenir Press, 1979 (& 1992), 146 pp, £6-99, ISBN 0 285 64891 8.

- Smith, E. Lester, Our Last Adventure - A commonsense guide to death and after, Theosophical Publishing, 1985, 100 pp, £4-95, ISBN 0 7229 5122 1.

- [***] Social Security, Department of, What To Do After A Death, Leaflet D49 available free from DSS Leaflets Unit, PO Box 21, Stanmore, Middx HA7 1AY (or phone 0800 666555, best between 4-30pm and 7pm), 1990, 60 pp.

- [***] Spottiswoode, Jane, Undertaken with Love, Robert Hale, 1991, 175 pp, £12-95 hardback, £5-95 paperback, ISBN 0 7090 4394 5. About a funeral without an undertaker.

- [***] Staudacher, Carol, Beyond Grief - A guide to recovering from the death of a loved one, Condor (Souvenir Press), 1988, 244 pp, £8-95, ISBN 0 285 65069 6.

- Stedeford, Averil, Facing Death Patients, families and professionals, Sobell Publications (Sir Michael Sobell House, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ), 1994, ISBN 0 9517537 5 4. Dealing with physical pain, fear of death, etc.

- Stickney, Doris, Waterbugs and Butterflies, Mowbrays, 1987, booklet, 95p, ISBN 0 26466 904 5. Explaining death to children under 5.

- Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Death Society (SANDS), The Loss of Your Baby, booklet for bereaved parents (see Organisations below).

- Stuart, Alexander and Totterdel, Ann, 51/2 x 3 - The short life and death of Joe Buffalo Stuart, Vintage, 1991, 306 pp, £5-99, ISBN 0 09 988330 9.

- NDC[***] Taylor, Allegra, Acquainted with the Night - A year on the frontier of death, Fontana (Harper Collins), 1989, 187 pp, £3-99, ISBN 0 00 637249 X.

- Wallbank, Susan, Facing Grief - bereavement and the young adult, available from CRUSE (see under Organisations below), £7.95 inc. p&p.

- [***] Walter, Dr Tony, Funerals - And how to improve them, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990, 307 pp, £9-99, ISBN 0 340 53125 8.

- Waugh, Evelyn, The Loved One, Penguin, 1951, 127 pp, £3-99, ISBN 0 14 018249 7. A satire on the funeral industry in the United States.

- Wells, Rosemary, Helping Children Cope with Grief: Facing a death in the family, Sheldon Press, 1988, £2-95.

- Wertheimer, Alison, A Special Scar, Routledge, 1991, ISBN 0 41501 763 7. Experiences of people bereaved through suicide, excellent for both the bereaved and professionals.

- [***] Which? Books, What To Do When Someone Dies, Consumers' Association (credit card orders, tel 01992 587773),1991, 142 pp, £9-95 incl. p&p, ISBN 0 340 56631 0.

- Which? Books, Wills and Probate, Consumers' Association (credit card orders, tel 01992 587773),1991, 224 pp, £9-95 incl. p&p, ISBN 0 340 56632 9.

- White, John, A Practical Guide to Death and Dying, Quest, 1988, 196 pp, $7-50, ISBN 0 8356 0633 3.

- Wilber, Ken, Grace and Grit, Shambhala, 1992. About the death of his wife from cancer.

- Wilkins, Robert, The Fireside Book of Death, Robert Hale,1990, 256 pp, £14-95, ISBN 0 7090 4144 6.

- Williams, Pam, Knowing About Caring for the Dying from author, c/o College of Nursing Midwifery, Barnsley Hospital, Gawber Rd, Barnsley S75 2EP. How nurses' training is now and how it could be improved.

[***]Willson, Jane Wynne, Funerals Without God - A practical guide to non-religious funerals, British Humanist Association (see under Organisations below), 1989, 58 pp, £3 incl. p&p, ISBN 0 901825 14 X.

- Worden, William, Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy, Tavistock (Routledge), 1989, £7-99, ISBN 0 415 02923 6.

- Zaleski, Carol, Otherworld Journeys - Accounts of Near-Death Experience in medieval and modern times, OUP (New York), 1987, 274 pp, $8-95, ISBN 0 19 505665 5.

BOOKSHOPS: The Natural Death Centre book service, c/o Institute for Social Inventions, 6 Blackstock Mews, Blackstock Road, London N4 2BT (tel 020 7359 8391; fax 020 7354 3831) sells (or will pass on your order for) the three highly recommended books above which are marked 'NDC[***]'. Please add 20% for postage and packing (50% foreign airmail) and make any cheque payable to 'ISI'. Further copies of this present Handbook are also also obtainable from the Centre for £15-50 incl. p&p. If urgent, phone your order through for these books, giving your Access, Visa or Mastercard number. Otherwise, probably one of the best bookshops in London for books on dying is Watkins, 21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ (tel 020 7 836 2182); sometimes good for American imports is Compendium Bookshop, 234 Camden High St, London NW1 8QS (tel 020 7 484 8944), or Airlift distributors (tel 020 7 607 5792 for mail order). St Christopher's Hospice have a book service too: 51-59 Lawrie Park Road, London SE26 6DZ (tel 020 8778 9252). Outside London, Meditec, Jackson's Yard, Brewery Hill, Grantham, Lincs NG31 6DW (tel 01476 590505) has a large catalogue of mail order books on death and dying. The Natural Death Centre can help with fuller details on publishers' addresses, etc, for some of the books on this booklist, if required.

Tapes and videos

- Boerstler, Richard, Letting Go: Holistic and Meditative Approach to Death and Dying, Associates in Thanatology, 115 Blue Rock Road, South Yarmouth, MA 02664, USA. Half hour video ($29 incl. p&p) about this simple method, make sure it is playable on your UK machine - The Natural Death Centre, address below, may be able to lend you their poor-quality copy. See also book version, above. Joanna Gilpin, Laurel Cottage, West Horrington, Wells BA5 3ED (tel 01749 675832) runs seminars on this method.

- British Holistic Medical Association (see Organisations below) - tapes at $9-95 incl. p&p include Imagery for Relaxation, Coping with Persistent Pain, Coping with Stress, Introducing Meditation and The Breath of Life relaxation).

- Collick, Elizabeth, Through Grief, tape available from CRUSE (see under Organisations below), £3-90 inc. p&p. Also available as a book (see above). Offers sensible maxims.

- Gold, E. J., tapes ($15)- Bardo Dreams, The Lazy Man's Guide to Death and Dying and How I Raised Myself from the Dead in 49 Days or Less also Gold's books in the UK from Donald Suckling, 2 Boyswell House, Scholes, Wigan WN1 3QG (tel 01942 43551).

- Jones, Ken, Caring as a Spiritual Practice, 27 video from Meridian Trust (tel 020 7 289 5443). Promoting the sharing of common generosity of spirit.

- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, Life, Death & Life After Death audiotape £6), Aids, Life and Love a video conversation), and other such tapes and videos, all from The Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation (see Organisations below).

- Levine, Stephen tapes are available from Gateway Books (see Levine's books, above, for address) at £6-96 each, incl. p&p. His tapes (and his schedule of workshops) are also available from Warm Rock Tapes, PO Box 108, Chamisal, NM 87521, USA. Send two international reply coupons for details.

- Long, Barry, May I Speak to you of Death, audiotape from the Barry Long Foundation, Whistlands, Langley Marsh, Wiveliscombe, Somerset TA4 2UJ (tel 01984 23426).

- Marie Curie Memorial Foundation, Caring for your Relative at Home, useful VHS video £25 (incl. booklet) from Marie Curie (see Organisations below). New EC Directives put a caution on its recommendations for lifting patients (see our chapter four).

- Mental Health Media Council, 380 Harrow Road, London W9 2HU (tel 020 7 286 2346) puts out a catalogue (price £3-50) of films and videos available for sale or hire in the UK on the subjects of Death and Bereavement, many of them aimed at professionals, some about euthanasia, others on Near-Death Experiences, etc.

- Relaxation for Living, 168/170 Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 9ET (tel 01932 858355). Tapes, classes on relaxation, 85p article on easing grief, large SAE for info.

- Roach, Steve: his Structures from Silence music (and a 60 minute piece on the album World's Edge) re-creates the sounds he heard during his Near-Death Experience (tel USA 0101 602 760 0004; fax 0101 602 760 0551; UK distributor Laurence Aston at TM records, tel 0118 9312 580; fax 0118 9312 582). Also Gilles Bédard in Quebec (tel 0101 514 279 2413; fax 0101 514 279 3033) is working with Roach to produce a Soundquest to Omega album of NDE music.

- Tibetan Book of the Dead reading at a cremation in Ladakh - Fields of the Senses video, part 3 of Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy by Thread Cross Films, Bath.

- Yeshe, Lama, Death and the Transference of Consciousness, video about the Tibetan view of death and life. £32 from Meridian Trust (tel 020 7 289 5443).

Useful organisations and individuals

This section from the old edition is now so out of date that it has been cut. An up-to-date list can be found in the latest print version of the 'Natural Death Handbook' which can be ordered securely online by credit or debit card.

The Natural Death Centre, 6 Blackstock Mews, Blackstock Road, London N4 2BT, UK.

Helpline: 0871 288 2098. Web: www.naturaldeath.org.uk

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