Publications

PUBLICATIONS [PEER REVIEWED =R]

Hilliker, L., 2021. Faith Catholic Magazine, December Issue. Holiday Grief: Can Joy be present

with Sorrow? Diocese of Lansing, Michigan.

Hilliker, L,, 2021. Faith Catholic Magazine, November Issue. Caring for Yourself While Caring for

Another. Diocese of Lansing, Michigan.

Hilliker, L., 2021. Faith Catholic Magazine, October Issue. Caring for another?

What's in your Toolkit? Diocese of Lansing, Michigan.

Hilliker, L., 2021. Faith Catholic Magazine, September Issue. Bearing Loss Together: With

Christ and in Community. Diocese of Lansing, Michigan.

Hilliker, L. 2018. Explaining Death to Children. Children Surviving Traumatic Death. Chapter Ten, Centering Corporation, Omaha, NE. (R)

Hilliker, L. 2016. Who am I now? Experiences of widowed baby boomers attending grief support groups, Bereavement Care, 35:1, 13-21, An International Journal For Those Who Help Bereaved People, Taylor & Francis Group. DOI: 10.1080/02682621.2016.1160612 (R)

Hilliker, L. 2014. Entries in The A-Z of Death and Dying: Social, Medical and Cultural Aspects, Michael John Brennan, Editor. Greenwood Publishing, Santa Barbara, CA (R)

Hilliker, L. 2013. An Enlightened (and Relieved) Death Educator: The Value of Truth Telling with Children. Illness, Crisis & Loss, Vol. 21(4) 361-364. (R)

Hilliker, L. 2012. Closure after Death: Is it possible? In Strength for the Journey: Living with Loss. Spring Grief Newsletter for Palmer, Bush & Jensen, Holt, Michigan.

Hilliker, L. 2012. Gaining Strength for the Grief Journey. In Strength for the Journey: Living with Loss. Spring Grief Newsletter for Palmer, Bush & Jensen, Holt, Michigan.

Hilliker, L. 2011. Why is grieving a loss so challenging? In Strength for the Journey: Living with Loss. Fall Grief Newsletter for Palmer, Bush & Jensen, Holt, Michigan.

Hilliker, L. 2008. The Reporting of Grief by One Newspaper of Record for the U.S.: The New York Times. Omega, Journal of Death Studies. Vol. 57, Issue 3, 261-278. (R)

Hilliker, L. 2007. Social Psychological Perspectives on Altruism in Care Giving: The Schiavo Case and Beyond. Illness, Crisis & Loss, Vol. 15, Issue 1, 3-24. (R)

Hilliker, L. 2006. Letting Go While Holding On: Postmortem Photography as an Aid in the Grieving Process. Illness, Crisis & Loss. Vol. 14, Issue 3, 245-269. (R)