Resources

A Selected List of Relevant LRC Resources and Websites

Reference Items

"1998." [Nonfiction: Mitch Albom]. The Chronology of American Literature. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. Credo Reference. Web. 15 June 2010.
"Albom, Mitch." The Writers Directory 2007. Ed. Michelle Kazinsky. Vol. 1. 22nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2006. p21-22. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 15 June 2010.
"Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis." Complete Human Diseases and Conditions. Ed. Neil Izenberg and Steven A. Dowshen. Vol. 1. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 29 June 2010.
Fallon, L. Fleming. "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis." The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 170-174. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 29 June 2010.
Granger, Jill. "Motor Neuron Disease." The Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health: A Guide for Seniors and Their Caregivers. Ed. Jacqueline L. Longe. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale, 2009. 1287-1290. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 29 June 2010.
Gulli, Laith Farid, and Brian Veillette. "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis." The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders. Ed. Brigham Narins. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 83-87. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 29 June 2010.
Laberge, Monique. "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis." The Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health: A Guide for Seniors and Their Caregivers. Ed. Jacqueline L. Longe. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2009. 102-106. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 29 June 2010.
Wright, Kathleen, and Teresa G. Odle. "Lou Gehrig's Disease." The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. Ed. Jacqueline L. Longe. 2nd ed. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 1230-1233. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 29 June 2010.

Database Articles

Aebischer, Patrick, and Ann C. Kato. "Playing Defense Against Lou Gehrig’s Disease." Scientific American 297.5 (2007): 86. Science Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 29 June 2010.
Albom, Mitch. "A Beloved Professor’s Last Lessons: Remembering a Teacher Who Reached the Heart as well as the Mind." New York Times (1923-Current file) 2 Nov. 1997, ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2006), ProQuest. Web. 28 Jun. 2010.
"Commentary: Richard Harris [Senior Producer of Nightline on ABC Television and a former Producer of All Things Considered on NPR] discusses his experience with Morrie Schwartz (9:00 – 10:00 p.m.) (Broadcast Transcript)." All Things Considered 31 Aug. 2001. Academic OneFile. Web. 11 June 2010.
deBotton, Alain. "Continuing Ed.: The author recounts a series of visits to a beloved, terminally ill college profession. Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom." New York Times (1923-Current file) 23 Nov. 1997, ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The New York Times (1851-2006), ProQuest. Web. 11 June 2010.
Fang, Fang, et al. "Workplace Exposures and the Risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis." Environmental Health Perspectives 117.9 (2009): 1387-1392. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 29 June 2010.
Gellar, Conrad. "A Lesson in Living." Writing 25.6 (2003): 11. Academic Search Premier. Ebsco. Web. 11 June 2010.
Hirano, Yuko, and Yoshihiko Yamazaki. "Ethical issues in invasive mechanical ventilation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis." Nursing Ethics 17.1 (2010): 51-63. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 29 June 2010.
Kenny, Michael, Globe Staff. "Blunt Lessons on Confronting Life’s End: [City Ed.]." Rev. of: Tuesdays with Morrie… Boston Globe 11 Sep. 1997, Boston Globe, ProQuest. Web. 11 June 2010.
Masters, Julie L. "Thursdays with Morrie: The Use of Contemporary Literature in a Death and Dying Course." Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 47.3 (2003) 245-252. Academic Search Premier. Ebsco. Web. 11 June 2010.
McLellan, Faith. "A Teacher to the Last." Lancet 352.9136 (1998): 1318. Academic Search Premier. Ebsco. Web. 11 June 2010.
Pettinato J. "His Oddly Stiff Walk." Discover [serial online]. April 2005;26(4):23. Available from: Science Reference Center, Ipswich, MA. Accessed June 29, 2010.
Rowland, Lewis P. "Ameliorating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis." New England Journal of Medicine 362.10 (2010): 953-954. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 29 June 2010.
Youtz, Susan C. "Tuesdays with Morrie." Journal of Nursing Scholarship 30.4 (1998): 395. Academic OneFile. Web. 11 June 2010.

Circulating Books from the LRC and our Library Network, SAILS

Albom, Mitch D. For One More Day [2006]. SAILS.
Albom, Mitch D. The Five People You Meet in Heaven. LRC: PS 3601 L335 F59 2003.
Albom, Mitch D. Have a Little Faith: A True Story. LRC: BM 729 F3 A496 2009.
Albom, Mitch D. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson. LRC: LD 571 B418 S383 1997
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Guide for Patients and Families. LRC: RC 406 .A24 A78 2001.
Beresford, Peter. Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users: Making Life Possible [2007]. LRC: ONLINE EBOOK. ebrary Database.
Corr, Charles A. Death and Dying, Life and Living. LRC: BF 789 D4 C67 2009.
Howarth, Glennys. Death and Dying: A Sociological Introduction. LRC: HQ 1073 .H69 2007.
Jonsen, Albert. Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 6th ed. [2006]. LRC: ONLINE EBOOK. ebrary Database.
Kastenbaum, Robert. Death, Society, and Human Experience. LRC: BF 789 D4 K36 2009.
Kellehear, Allan. A Social History of Dying. LRC: HQ 1073 .K44 2007.
Lerner, Barron H. When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine [2006]. LRC: ONLINE EBOOK. ebrary Database.
MacKinlay, Elizabeth. Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of Life [2006]. LRC: ONLINE EBOOK. ebrary Database.
Palliative Care Nursing, 2nd ed. [2008]. LRC: ONLINE EBOOK. ebrary Database.
Schwartz, Morris S. Morrie: In his Own Words [1999]. SAILS.
Schwartz, Morris S. Letting go: Morrie’s Reflections on Living While Dying. LRC: RC 406 A24 S39 1996.
Wanzer, Sidney H. To Die Well: Your Right to Comfort, Calm, and Choice in Your Last Days. LRC: R 726 W36 2008
Warnock, Mary. Easeful Death: Is There a Case for Assisted Dying? LRC: R 726 W37 2008

DVDs and CDs

Beyond Life, Beyond Death. SAILS [DVD, 2007].
Confronting Death: A Christian Approach to the End of Life. SAILS [DVD, 2007].
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Facing Death. SAILS [DVD, 2007].
The Five People You Meet in Heaven. SAILS [CD, 2006].
For One More Day. SAILS [CD, 2006; DVD, 2007].
Have a Little Faith. SAILS [CD, 2009].
Lou Gehrig’s Disease: Insights into ALS. LRC: DVD 1246 [2008].
Tuesdays with Morrie. SAILS [ CD, 2004; DVD, 1999].

Web Resources

Albom Online (author Mitch Albom’s website): http://mitchalbom.com
Mitch Albom on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MitchAlbom
Mitch Albom on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mitchalbom
Mitch Albom on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/officialmitch.com
ALS Association: www.alsa.org
Les Turner ALS Foundation’s Resource Guide: http://www.lesturnerals.org/resourceguide.htm
Medline Plus Health Topic - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis.html
Muscular Dystrophy Association’s (MDA’s) ALS Division: www.als-mda.org/disease/als.html
Project ALS: http://www.projectals.org
Ring, Jeffrey M., Ph.D. and Reilly, Jo Marie, M.D. Tuesdays with Morrie: A Humanities Teaching Exercise in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. Literature and the Arts in Medical Education 35.8 (2003) 552-554. Google Scholar. Web. 14 June 2010.
Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins: http://www.alscenter.org/
Rowland, L.P. Assisted Suicide and Alternatives in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. New England Journal of Medicine 339 (1998): 987-989. Google Scholar. Web. 14 June 2010.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS) ALS Information Page: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis.htm