Books & Media

Look here to find links to Dr. Hoy's papers, books, and media...

How the World has Learned to Grieve in a Pandemic (article about global changes to ritual practices in Foreign Affairs with quotes from Dr. Hoy) Click Here

Helping Grieving Families During the Pandemic (webinar with Becky Lomaka, MA, CT recorded live for National Funeral Directors Association April 24, 2020) Click Here

Honoring Death Unrelated to COVID-19 (interview with Open to Hope, recorded live April 10, 2020) Click Here
 
Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 (with Dr. Helen Harris in GriefPerspectives) (March 23, 2020) Click Here

COVID-19 for Mental Health Professionals (excerpt from a Grace Alliance webinar) (2020). Click Here

Uncharted Waters: Caring for Hospice Patients and Families in the Face of COVID-19 (Web seminar for Alzheimer's Orange County) (2020). Click Here

"Lessons from Italy: As US Coronavirus Deaths Climb, Country Should Find Ways to Honor the Dead" (a story in Boston Globe by Mattia Ferraresi featuring an interview with Dr. Hoy) (2020) Click Here

Funerals Post Challenges in a Time of Social Distancing (Baylor's Dr. Candi Cann and Dr. Hoy discuss the issue in the Baptist Standard) (2020) Click Here

Using Facts and Faith to Address Fear (Video) (2020) Click Here

Dr. William Hoy Addresses Death, Dying, Funerals, and Going "Beyond the Casserole." (radio interview as part of the "Medical Mondays" feature with John Schumann, MD aired on August 26, 2019 Public Radio Tulsa [OK]) Click Here

Why Funerals Matter (interview). (2017). Click Here

Bereavemment Groups and the Role of Social Support: Integrating Theory, Research, & Practice (Routledge, 2016) Click Here

Inside the Machine that Will Turn Your Corpse into Compost. (Brief quotation in this Wired.com story by Robyn Ross about ritual possibilities in a new means of disposing of bodies by turning them into compost Click Here

Who Chooses Not to Have a Funeral (Dr. Hoy is quoted in this BBC Magazine article on how UK funeral traditions are changing and the potentially meaningful role of the body) Click Here

Do Funerals Matter? The Purposes and Practices of Death Rituals in Global Perspective (Routledge, 2013) Click Here

What if I'm Glad He's Dead? Grief and the Abusive Relationship (Video seminar) (June 2010 workshop presented for End Abuse Long Beach, recorded live at the Alpert Jewish Community Center in Long Beach, California). Click Here

Road to Emmaus: Pastoral Care with the Dying and Bereaved (Compass, 2008). Click Here



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