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Thanatology (Death, Grief, Bereavement, End of Life) Research Guide: Books

A research guide for thanatology courses

Finding Books

Use OneSearch to search for books at Brooklyn College Library (or all CUNY libraries by changing the dropdown menu in the search box to "CUNY" ).  If our copy of a book is checked out, you can have it delivered from another CUNY school by using the "All CUNY" search in the dropdown menu, and then from the record of the book, under How to Get It, select "From another CUNY".  You will need to sign into OneSearch to see the request options.

A few books at Brooklyn College Library

A Few Useful Subject Headings

Adjustment (Psychology)

Attitude to Death

Bereavement

Bereavement in adolescence

Bereavement in children

Bereavement

Children and death

Counseling in Higher Education

Death

Death—Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Death--Juvenile fiction

Death—psychological aspects

Grief

Grief in adolescence

Grief in children

Loss(psychology)

Palliative treatment

School Mental Health Services

Students--psychology

Teenagers and death

Teenagers—counseling of

Terminal care

Terminally ill

Thanatology

Thanatology—Handbooks, manuals, etc