Death doulas a growing trend in end-of-life care
01/02/24 at 04:00 AM
Death doulas a growing trend in end-of-life care
Times-Union, by Wendy Liberatore; 12/31/23
SARATOGA SPRINGS — As a young woman lay dying, one of her last acts was to write several cards to each of her small children. Each held a special message to be opened on a special day – graduation, wedding, the birth of their first child. But the young mother might not have been able to do this without the inspiration of a death or end-of-life doula – a person who helps their terminal clients reach their final goals, as a way to die peacefully.