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Henry Fersko-Weiss is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who in 2003, created the first end of life doula program in the United States at a hospice in New York City. That program, which adapted approaches from the work of birth doulas, focused on helping a dying person and family prepare for the end of life, working alongside them in the last days, and supporting them in their early grief.

Following the publication of an extensive front-page article on Henry’s work in the New York Times in 2006, he began teaching the end of life doula approach publicly. In 2015, along with Meredith Lawida and Janie Rakow, Henry cofounded the International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA) to bring his model of end-of-life doula care to organizations, co ...more

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Average rating: 4.42 · 474 ratings · 60 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death 4.39 avg rating — 366 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Peace at the End of Life: A Death Doula's Guide for Families and Caregivers by Henry Fersko-Weiss, Frank Ostaseski (Foreword) 4.52 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Den letzten Weg in Würde gehen: Ein neuer Weg in der Sterbebegleitung 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Technology for Teams: Enhancing Productivity in Networked Organizations by Susanna Opper, Henry Fersko-Weiss 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“and diminishes our dignity. So, naturally we don't want to be around when we're dying—behind Allen's punch line lies the bitter truth of pain and suffering.”
― Henry Fersko-Weiss, Finding Peace at the End of Life: A Death Doula's Guide for Families and Caregivers

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