References for Central Houston's June 2025 Death Cafe

A write up of Central Houston’s Monthly Death Cafe - June 2025

By Houston Death Cafe

Central Houston's June 2025 Death Cafe

We had ~20 people attend this month's discussion. It was wonderful to share space and energy with a group so diverse in background and experiences.
Something I'm bringing away is simply this: The best death is a good life.

Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue:

Local groups:

- Insight Meditation Houston
https://insighthouston.org/

- Huntsville Forensic "Body farm"
https://ifrti.org/STAFS/
https://ifrti.org/STAFS/donations.html

- Texas Death With Dignity
https://texasdeathwithdignity.org/

- Houston Zen Center: Preparing for Your Own Death class:
https://houstonzen.org/classes/preparing-for-your-own-death-1

- Bo's Place
https://www.bosplace.org/en/

- Houston Hospice
https://www.houstonhospice.org/

Books

- Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity by Christopher Ryan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28596619-civilized-to-death?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1ayCz2OD54&rank=1

- Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life by Jessica Zitter
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31581286-extreme-measures

- In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58065372-in-love

- A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last by Stephen Levine
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371830.A_Year_to_Live

- The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One through the End of Life by Suzanne B. O’Brien
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215750317-the-good-death

Film & TV:

- The Mortician (TV series) 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36985714/

Misc:

- Final Exit Network
https://finalexitnetwork.org/

- Spirit Rock Meditation Center - California
https://www.spiritrock.org/

- "Five to 12” — five minutes to midnight in dementia 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/health/assisted-death-alzheimers-netherlands.html

- Sarco pod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarco_pod

- KPTZ 91.9 FM "Other Side of Life" radio show on Near Death Experiences: 9am Tuesdays
https://kptz.org/

 - Palliative Care vs. Hospice Care
https://hospicefoundation.org/the-difference-between-hospice-care-and-palliative-care/

 - Texas MOST form (Medical Order for Scope of Treatment)
https://dffw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MOST-form.pdf

- POLST forms (Portable Medical Orders)
https://polst.org/

- The Five Wishes End-of-life care orders workbook
https://www.fivewishes.org/about-five-wishes/

- Body farms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_farm

- The Death Deck & The End of Life Deck
https://thedeathdeck.com/
https://thedeathdeck.com/pages/eol-deck

- Taharah in Judaism
https://www.sinaimortuary.net/tradition/taharah-and-shomer

- Crestone End of Life Project: Funeral pyre - Colorado https://crestoneendoflifeproject.org/services/open-air-cremation-site/

Looking forward to the next time, 

Stephanie

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