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Joy Ufema


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Altoona, Pennsylvania, The United States

Joy Ufema, also known as Joy Counsel is a retired American nurse and thanatologist. She is noted for her work with terminally ill people in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, and was the first nurse-thanatologist in the country. Ufema garnered national attention after 60 Minutes aired a segment about her. Ufema was Clinical Specialist in Thanatology for Upper Chesapeake Medical Center/Harford Memorial Hospital. Linda Lavin played the role of Ufema in a 1981 television film, A Matter of Life and Death. ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 6 ratings · 1 review · 2 distinct works
Insights on Death & Dying
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Brief Companions
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