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What Is an End-of-Life Doula? 1:00-2:30 pm

When:

Monday, October 29, 2018, 1:00 PM until 2:30 PM

Where:

Phoenix River Room, 6th floor
222 2nd St. S.E.

Event Contact(s):

Mary Texidor

(612) 455-3329 (p)

Category:

Education

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Jane Whitlock, a trained end-of-life doula, recently gave a TEDx talk about her experiences. Jane will share her TEDx talk, plus more details about what a doula does, how one becomes a doula, and what members of the community can do to support those who are dying. Jane became an end-of-life doula after taking care of her husband, who died after a four-month illness with kidney cancer. She learned first-hand what might be beneficial for others as they walk this path. Although supported medically by hospice, it would have been very helpful to have a calm presence by their side, someone with wisdom gained from experience with death, someone who could have helped them enter the sacred nature of this time, someone who could stay with them as long as they needed: an end-of-life doula.