- a variation of death doula.
end-of-life doula
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end-of-life doulas
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Valoria Walker, an end-of-life doula and an educator at the International End-Of-Life Doula Association, was Lyster-Mensh’s instructor — and is now her mentor.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023
The revelation of the weeks before her death was more significant, said Emily Eliot Miller, an end-of-life doula who often argued with Weisberger about her abstract fixation on a “good death.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
The same end-of-life doula nonprofit organization that assisted in the Hazillas’ in-home funeral is embroiled in a legal battle with the California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau over a nearly century-old law regulating funerals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
And Iele Paloumpis, a visually impaired artist, has been an end-of-life doula.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
“To be honest, we weren’t sure if an end-of-life doula would work for us,” said Silvershein.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2017
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