This review article summarizes the findings from the first virtual International End-of-Life
Doula Symposium, held over 3 days on 25–27 April 2022. More than 40 people attended …

End-of-Life Doulas (EOLDs) hold the potential to reconfigure the culture and care practices
of dying, death, and bereavement. Over the last few years public and health care interest in …

Background: End-of-life doulas are emerging as a potentially important new form of
community-based caregiving in the global North, yet we know little about this form of care …

Context: Death Doulas are working globally to provide non-medical end-of-life care. They
have different training experiences and views on the role and whether it should be …

Context End-of-life doulas provide support to the chronically ill, dying, and their families.
However, little is known about the roles and services of doulas practicing in the United …

End-of-life (EOL) doulas are care providers and companions that offer spiritual, emotional,
psychosocial, or psychological care to a person who is dying as well as their family and …

This is an exploratory study to document the demographic characteristics, backgrounds, and
services provided by trained and certified INELDA end-of-life doulas. Like birth doulas, end …

Palliative care has made great strides in improving the lives of people living with serious
illness, with an empirical premise for increasing quality, and sometimes quantity of life. Yet in …

A Dying2learn Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was held in 2020 with the aim of
bringing the community together to talk about death and dying, with participants undertaking …

End-of-life (EOL) doulas are emerging professionals who provide an intimate approach to
the death process by focusing on the psychological, social, spiritual, and emotional needs of …