Core Concepts for Grief-Sensitive Care

Below is a list of resources to support continued learning and strengthen grief-sensitive practice in healthcare settings. Resources shared through the GSHP are reviewed to ensure alignment with our mission and values. 

General Grief

• Speaking Grief
• New York Life Grief Supportive Workplace Initiative
• The Trauma and Grief (TAG) Center's Virtual Learning Library

Children’s Grief

• National Alliance for Children’s Grief
• Learning Grief
• Dougy Center
• Judi’s House
• Eluna Network
• Grief Sucks (Teens)
• Child Bereavement UK
• Kai's Journey - A Series for Families Navigating Grief

People With Disabilities Who Are Grieving

• Hospice Foundation: Autism and Grief Project
• Eluna: Supporting Grieving Children with Autism
• Autism Alliance: Grief and Loss Resources
• HEARTPlay Autism Resources: Social Stories about Death and Grief
  • What is Death? 
  • How do People Die? 
  • How Do People Act When Someone Dies? 
  • What To Expect At a Wake, Shiva, Memorial, or Funeral Service

• The Heart of Nursing
• The Center for Growth: Mourning Your Affair Partner

• Grief Out Loud
• All There Is with Anderson Cooper
• The Art of Dying Well
• What’s Your Grief

• The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss, by Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD
• The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing, by Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD 
• Can Anyone Tell Me? Essential Questions About Grief and Loss, by Meghan Riordan Jarvis, MA, LCSW
• It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand, by Megan Devine, LPC
• Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow, Breeshia Wade
• Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief, by Darcy L. Harris, PhD, FT,  (Editor), Tashel C. Bordere, PhD. (Editor), Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD (Editor)
• Giving Hope: Conversations with Children About Illness, Death, and Loss, by Elena Lister, MD and Michael Schwartzman, PhD
• HUMAN(e): A Radical Reimagining of Grief, Loss and Learning to Live Without, by Rachelle Bensoussan
• Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande, MD, MPH
• Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick by Paula K. Rauch, MD and Anna C. Muriel, MD, MPH

Books for Children and Teens

• My Grief Comfort Book: Creative Activities to Help Kids Cope with Loss and Keep Memories Alive, by Brie Overton, PhD, FT, LPC-S, NCC
• It Won't Ever Be the Same: A Teen's Guide to Grief and Grieving, by Korie Leigh, PhD
• The Invisible String, by Patrice Karst 
• National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG): Activity Books

• Year of the Cicadas Virtual Reality Experience