death doula
End-of-life companion
A death doula is a nonmedical companion who supports people through the dying process, offering emotional, spiritual, and practical guidance to both the dying person and their loved ones.
Also called an end-of-life doula.
The role parallels birth doulas, who support people through labor and delivery: Her death doula helped the family prepare for the final weeks.
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
- dying processTransition toward death
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- comfort careSymptom relief, not cure
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
comfort · passing · sacred · breath · presence · holding space · holding hands · transition · witness · bedside · palliative · gentle · hands · stillness · grief · companion · threshold · release
- deathdeceased, corpse, mortality, demise, dying
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- funeral workersundertaker, mortician, embalmer, funeral director, funeral home owner
- funeralfuneral, burial, funeral home, funeral director, casket
- Death Occultnecromancy, seance, mediumship, ghosts, channeling
- End-of-Lifeadvance directive, DNR, do not resuscitate, hospice, life support
death douladoula
Trained childbirth support person
midwife · neonatal nurse · obstetrician · lactation consultant · fertility specialist
death doulatrauma surgeon
Doctor for life-threatening injuries
paramedic · oncologist · lifeguard · life coach · cardiologist
death, doula, deaths, dead, deadly, deaden, deadened, deadening, deadness