The Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC)

National Conference

April 9-12, 2014 Winnipeg

Bibliography and Resources for Further Reading

Thursday Key note:“Disputes over dignity: The role of Dignity in the euthanasia debate”

Margaret Somerville AM, FRSC, DCL

McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law,3690 Peel St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1W9 Tel: 1.514.398.7401; Fax 1.514.398.3233

A copy of the text of Professor Somerville’s key note presentation can be requested at

Pre-conference morning workshop: Interactive, Hands-on Professional Writing

  • The Glamour of Grammar, Roy Peter Clark.
  • A Writer’s Toolkit, The Academy at Harvard Medical School, The Writing for Scholarship Interest Group, or on PubEd
  • Keys for Writers, RaimesJerskey

A2- Preserving Self Dignity at the Centre: The Contributions of Relational Self Psychology

  • Peter Lessem, Self Psychology: An Introduction (2005)
  • James Olthuis, The Beautiful Risk (2006)
  • Pamela Cooper-White, Shared Wisdom (2003)
  • Pamela Cooper-White, Many Voices (2006)

A-5 Social Determinants of Health as a Means to Promoting Human Dignity and Social Responsibility

  • The Canadian Facts by JuhaMikkonen and Denis Raphael
  • “Why Poverty is a Medical Problem”, a five-part series published in Ontario Medical Review, Oct-Nov. 2013
  • Stepping It Up: Moving the Focus from Health Care in Canada to a Healthier Canada

B-2 Tea for two or more:

  • Meditations with Tea – Paths to Inner Peace– Diana Rosen. Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp.
  • Books by Stephen Levine, such asHealing into Life and DeathorGuided Meditations, Explorations and Healings. Many, if not most, of his books are out of print and can be purchased through Amazon.See alsostephenlevine.com, official website with many products.
  • Books or other materials byThichNhatHanh,such asPeaceIs Every Step: the Path of Mindfulness in EverydayLife or making space - Creating a Home Meditation Practice
  • Prayers of the Cosmos – Reflections on the Original Meaning of Jesus’ Words.Commentary and Translation byNeil Douglas-Klotz.
  • “How to Practice Gratitude,” “Eight WaysGratitude Boosts Happiness,” and “Expressing Gratitude”fromThe How of Happinessby Sonja Lyubomirsky– see thehowofhappiness.com and

B-4 Using Family of Origin Therapy to Affirm the Dignity and Restore Hope in the Family

  • Roberta Gilbert, The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory (2006)
  • Monica McGoldrick et al, Genograms: Assessment and Intervention (2008)
  • Ronald Richardson, Family Ties That Bind (1995)

B-6 Dignity and Self Love in Adolescent Girls: Relationships between Spiritual Well-Being, Religious Involvement, Emotional Health, and Family Meals

  • Lewica, Michelle. Starving for Salvation: The Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems among American Girls and Women. Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Lewica, Michelle. The Religion of Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers behind Women’s Obsession with Food and Weight. Gurze Books, 2009
  • Isherwood, Lisa. The Fat Jesus: Christianity and Body Image. Seabury Books, 2008.

C-2 Partnering with a Difference – Distinctiveness with Dignity: Recognizing the Value of Volunteers while Promoting Spiritual Care Professionals:

  • Puchalski, Christina M. & Betty Ferrel. Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care. C 2010
  • Chaplaincy Care Volunteer Training Manual. HealthCare Chaplaincy – Finding Meaning Bringing Comfort.
  • Sinclair S; Chochinov HM., Progress in Palliative Care, 20 (2); 2012.
  • Chaplaincy Care Volunteer Training Manual. HealthCare Chaplaincy – Finding Meaning Bringing Comfort.
  • Sinclair S; Chochinov HM., Progress in Palliative Care, 20 (2); 2012.

C-3 I Can See All of My Bones: Using Psalms and Laments as an Advocating Voice for Dignity Amidst Suffering

  • Richard A. Hughes, Lament, Death, and Destiny
  • Glen Pemberton, Hurting With God
  • Dinah’s Lament
  • Praise and Lament in the Psalms
  • Leanne Snow Flesher, Carol J. Dempsey, and Mark J. Boda, eds., Why?...How Long? Studies on Voices of Lamentation Rooted in Biblical Hebrew Poetry
  • Denise Dombkowski Hopkins and Michael S. Koppel, Grounded in the Living Word: The Old Testament and Pastoral Care Practices
  • John Swinton, Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil
  • Evoking Lament
  • Phil C. Zylla, The Roots of Sorrow
  • James M. Wilce, Crying Shame
  • Federico Villanueva, The Uncertainty of a Hearing
  • Patricia Joy Huntington, Loneliness Lament: A Journey to Receptivity
  • Timothy James, Something Painful This Way Comes
  • Ann Suter, ed., Lament: Studies in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond
  • Glen E. Harris Jr., “A Wounded Warrior Looks at Psalm 13”, Journal of Pastoral Care and Counselling, vol. 64, No. 4 (2010)
  • Mel Leaman, “Love’s Angry Lament: Confronting our Anger with God: Based on Lamentations 1-3, Journal of Pastoral Care and Counselling, vol. 63, No. 1, 2 (2009

C-5 Qu’es-ce la spiritualité pour les soignantsimpliqués en soinspalliatifs?

  • Guy Jobin, Des religions à la spiritualité. Une appropriation biomédicale du religieux dans l’hôpital, Bruxelles, Lumen vitae, 2013 (2ème édition)

C-6 Taking Another Look at Both Perpetrator and Victim of Abuse

  • When Love Hurts: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding Abuse in Relationships, by Jill Corey and Karen McAndless-Davis
  • Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men, by Lundy Bancroft
  • Women Who Love Psychopaths, by Sandra Brown
  • Mending the Soul, by Steven Tracey
  • Women, Abuse, and Bible, edited by Catherine Clark-Kroeger
  • The Battered Wife – How Christians Confront Family Violence, by Nancy Nason-Clark

C-7 The Challenge of Progressive Illness: Maintaining Identity and Dignity in Parkinson’s Patients and their Families

•Andes, G. On being a patient. (1998). Ann Intern Med.128:1043-1044.

•Bingham V, Habermann B. (2006). The influence of spirituality on family management of Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. December, 38(6), 422-7.

•Caap-Ahlgren M, Lannerheim L, Dehlin O. (2002). Older Swedish women’s experiences of living with symptoms related to Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39(1), 87-95.

•Fleming V, Tolson D, Schartau E. (2004). Changing perceptions of womanhood: living with Parkinson’s disease. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 41(5), 515-24.

•Frankl, V. (1959). Man’s search for meaning. Boston, MA: Pocket Books.

•Gilbert K. (2002). Taking a narrative approach to grief research: finding meaning in stories. Death Studies. 26, 223-39.

•Graboys, TB. (2012). Finding hope in the midst of despair: my decade with Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. Movement Disorders. 27(11): 1358-9

•Meszler JB. (2010). Facing illness, finding God. Woodstock, VT: JEWISH LIGHTS Publishing

•Posen J, Moore O, Tassa DS et. al. (2000). Young women with PD: a group work experience. Social Work in Health Care. 32(1), 77-89.

•Parkinson’s Foundation Website -

D-1 Dignity in Spiritual Care through the Gift of Music

  • Aldridge, David (ed.), Music Therapy in Dementia Care. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kinglsey Publishers, 2000.
  • Best, Harold M. Music through the Eyes of Faith. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993.
  • Everett, Deborah. Forget Me Not: The Spiritual Care of People with Alzheimer’s. Edmonton, AB: Inkwell Press, 1996.
  • Geist, Mary Ellen. “My Father’s Musical Lifeline” in Prevention. Road Oak, Iowa: Rodale Inc., April 2009.
  • Nouwen, Henri J.M. and Gaffney, Walter J. Aging: The Fulfillment of Life. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974.
  • Rio, Robin. Connecting through Music with People with Dementia: A Guide for Caregivers. London & Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
  • Saliers, Don. A Song to Sing, A Life to Live. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.
  • Saliers, Don. Music and Theology. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007.

D-2 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Restores Dignity

  • Greenberger, D., & Padesky, C. A. (1995) Mind Over Mood: A cognitive therapy treatment manual for clients. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Beck, Judith S., (1995) Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Dattilio Frank M., Freeman, Arthur, and Beck, Aaron T. (2010) Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies in Crisis Intervention, Third Edition. New York: Guilford Press.