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WIDOW TO WIDOW by Phyllis R. Silverman, Ph.D. New York: Springer Publishing. Reviewed by Mary L.S. Vachon, R.N., Ph.D. Department of Social and Community Psychiatry, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry sand Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada     

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Exploding into life by Dorothea Lynch and Eugene Richards. New York, Apperture Foundation in Association with Many Voices Press, 1986 Hardbound, 168 pages. Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, Washington.

Death Anxiety by Richard Lonetto and Donald I. Templer Washington: Hemisphere Publishing, 1986, hardbound, 155 pages. Reviewed by Robert A. Neimeyer, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Memphis State University.     

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THE TIES THAT BOUND: Peasant Families in Medieval England by Barbara A. Hanawalt New York: Oxford University Press, 1986, $19.95     

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ADOLESCENT SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR by David K. Curran. Washington: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1987     

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HOW TO SURVIVE THE LOSS OF A LOVE, by Melba Colgrove, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Peter McWilliams, New York: Bantam Books, 1977, 120 pages, $1.95, ISBN 0-553-10492-6. Reviewed by Michael A. Simpson, Free Hospital Medical School, London University.

DEATH, DYING, AND THE BIOLOGICAL REVOLUTION: Our Last Quest for Responsibility, by Robert M. Veatch, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976, 322 pages, $12.95, ISBN 0-300-01949-1. Reviewed by Ralph Redding, University of Miami School of Medicine.

THE DYING CHILD, by Jo-Eileen Gyulay, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978, 192 pages, ISBN 0-07-025360-9. Reviewed by: Ida M. Martinson, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

MIND AS HEALER, MIND AS SLAYER: A Holistic Approach to Preventing Stress Disorders, by Kenneth R. Pelletier 1977, 366 pages, $4.95, ISBN 0-440-55592-2. Reviewed by Kathleen A. Roche, R.N., Specializing in Thanatology     

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Loss and Anticipatory Grief edited by Therese A. Rando Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1986, hardbound, 251 pages. Reviewed by John S. Stephenson, Ph.D., Southern Maine Counseling Center, Portland

Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial by Laura Palmer New York: Random House, 1987, $17.95, Reviewrd by James A. Thorson, Ed.D., Professor and Director, Gerontology Program, University of Nebraska at Omaha     

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Jewish Reflections on Death by Jack Riemer (Ed.). New York: Schocken Books, $7.95.

The Experience of Dying by E. Mansell Pattison. Englcwood Cliffs NJ.: Prentice-Hall, 1977, 350 pp., paperback, $4.95.

PDA (Breaking Free of Fear to Lead a Better Life Now) by J. William Warden and William Proctor. Englewood Cliffs N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1976,196 pp., $7.95.

New Meanings of Death by Herman Feifel. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1977.     

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COPING WITH CHILDHOOD CANCER: Where Do We Go From Here? by David W. Adams and Eleanor J. Deueau Reston, Va.: Reston Publishing Company, 1984. Reviewed by Sharon McBride Valente, R.N. M.N. C.S. P.N.P. University of Southern California Department of Nursing, Los Angeles, California.

HOSPICE U.S.A. by Austin Kutscher New York: Columbia University Press, 1983.     

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Suicide: Assessment and Intervention, Second Edition by Corrine L. Hatton and Sharon M. Valente New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1984. Reviewed by Judith M. Saunders, R.N., D.N.S., F.A.A.N. University of Washington, Seattle

Recovery from Bereavement by Colin Murray Parkes and Robert S. Weiss, New York: Basic, 1983, 329 pages. Reviewed by David K. Wellisch, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehairioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine     

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Houses for the Dead by Ann Warren Turner, Illustrated Jo Polseno. New York: David McKay, 1976, 144 pp.

Death and Ethnicity: A Psychocultural Study by Richard A. Kalish and David K. Reynolds. Los Angeles: The University of Southern California Press, 1976.

Death: The Coping Mechanism of the Health Professional by Bernice Catherine Harper. Greenville, S.C.: Southeastern University Press, 1977, 123 pp.

Nursing the Dying Patient: Learning Processes for Interaction by Charlotte Epstein. Reston, Va.: Reston Publishing, 1975. 224 pp., hardbound, $9.95, paper-bound, $7.95.     

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Gramp: A Man Ages and Dies by Mark Jury and Dan Jury, New York: Grossman, 1976

The Psychology of Death: Concise Edition by Robert Kastenbaum and Ruth Aisenberg. New York: Springer, 1976, 445 pp., paperback     

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L'ENFANT ET LA MORT DES ENFANTS MALADES PARLENT DE LA MORT: PROBLEMES DE LA GLINIQUE DU DEUIL by Ginette Raimbauft Toulouse: Privat, 1977, 220 pages, soft cover. Reviewed by Konstanty Gebert, Department of Clinical Psychology, Warsaw Medical Academy, Poland.

LIVING WHILE DYING by Benita C. Martocchio Bowie, MD: The Robert J. Brady Co. 1982, 182 pages soft cover, $1 2.95 Reviewed by Ellen S. Zinner, Towson State University, Towson, MD. ISBN 0-876 19-922-8.

SUICIDE THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS 1960–1980 by Edwin S. Shneidman New York Human Sciences Press, 1981 Reviewed by Judith M. Stillion, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.

NURSING IN THE E.R.: SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS DuKane, LaBeUe, or automatic slides, 12 min, color (sale only, $100) Robert Ninker, I.F.D.A. Services, Inc., P.O. Box 7127, Springfield, IL 62791.

REACH OUT FOR LIFE 16mm film, 11 min, color. (Rental $30/Sde $290). Filmmakers Library, 133 E. 58th Street, Suite 703A, New York, NY 10022.     

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TERMINAL CARE: FRIENDSHIP CONTRACTS WITH DYING CANCER PATIENTS Lomp Feigenberg (Translated from the Swedish by Patrick Hort) New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1980, 282 pages, hardbound, S19.50, ISBN 0-87630-224-X.

NEW DIRECTIONS IN DEATH EDUCATION AND COUNSELING: Enhancing the Quality of Life in the Nuclear Age edited by Richard A. Pacholski and Charles A. Corr (with an introduction by Herman Feifel) Arlington, VA: The Forum for Death Education and Counseling, 1981, 346 pages paperbound, ISBN 0-96077394-0-8, $12.95, postage paid from the Forum for Death Education and Counseling, PO Box 1226, Arlington, VA 22210.

DIMENSIONS OF LOSS AND DEATH EDUCATION by Patricia Weller Zalaznik Minneapolis: EDU-PAC Publishing Company, 1979, 208 pages, loose-leaf binder, $29.95, ISBN 0-931152-03-8. Student Activities Workbook, 76 pages, perforated sheets, $4.25 per copy, ISBN 0-931152-11-9.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIFE AND DEATH by Dorothy Rowe Chichester, England: Wiley, 1982, 214 pages, ISBN 0-471-10064-1.

SUICIDE AT 17 Film and VC, 18 min, color (rental $4O/sale film $300, VC $240).

A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE VC, 29 min, color (rental $55/sale $200).

BEGINNING AGAIN WIDOWERS VC, 30 min, color (preview $90; 2 week rental $60; 4 week rental $9O/sale non-profit $90, for-profit $175). Rental charges applicable to purchase price within 30 days of preview.     

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Death, Society, and Human Experience, by Robert J. Kastenbaum St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1977, 328 pages, soft cover, $7.95, ISBN 0-8016-2617-X.

Psychosocial Care of The Dying Patient Charles A. Garfield (Ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978, 430 pages, hard cover, $13.95, ISBN 0-07-022860-4.

Death And Dying: A Mediagraphy compiled and edited Arlene Prince Seattle: Health Sciences Learning Resource Center, University of Washington, and Allied Memorial Council, 1977, 266 pages, soft cover, $15.00

Learning to Say Good-By: When a Parent Dies, Eda LeShan, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1978, 85 pages, hard cover, $5.95, ISBN 0-02-756360-X.

Living When a Loved One Has DIED, Earl A. Grollman, Boston: Beacon Press, 1977, 112 pages, hard cover, $7.95, ISBN 0-8070-2740-5.

When a Loved One Dies, Philip W. Williams, Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1976, 95 pages, soft cover, $2.50, ISBN 0-8066-1520-6.

Understanding Death and Dying: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Sandra Galdieri Wilcox, Marilyn Sutton Port Washington, N.Y.: Alfred Publishing Co., 1977, 474 pages, soft cover, $8.95, ISBN 0-88284-052-5.     

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Gramp: A Man Ages and Dies by Mark Jury and Dan Jury, New York: Grossman, 1976

The Psychology of Death: Concise Edition by Robert Kastenbaum and Ruth Aisenberg. New York: Springer, 1976, 445 pp., paperback