What Is a Death Doula?
When a serious diagnosis enters a family, people often find themselves doing two jobs at once. They’re trying to understand medical updates, and they’re also trying to stay human in the middle of fear, grief, paperwork, and hard conversations. One person is asking what the doctor meant. Another is looking for advance directives. Someone else is trying to figure out how to tell the kids. And the person who is sick may be wondering how to keep some control over what happens next. That’s where many families first hear the question, what is a death doula. The short answer is...
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