In Death Watch for Stranger, Becoming a Friend to the End. N.R. Kleinfield.
by Kleinfield, N.R; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 66Family. Publisher: New York Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Friendship | Social work with the terminally ill | Terminal care -- Social aspects | Terminally ill | VolunteersDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In May 2002, when they met, Bill Keating didn't know a thing about Lew Grossman. Mr. Keating was no social worker or minister or anything like that. He was a retired corporate lawyer in his mid-60's, recruited into a new program that paired volunteers somewhat enlightened in the particulars of death (they were called 'doulas') with terminally ill people alone with their mortality. After all, there's no rental agency for friends, for when you're sick and staring death in the face." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article profiles the program named "Doula to Accompany and Comfort" which trains volunteers to provide support and companionship to people who would otherwise die alone.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: In Death Watch for Stranger, Becoming a Friend to the End, Jan. 25, 2004; pp. 1+.
"In May 2002, when they met, Bill Keating didn't know a thing about Lew Grossman. Mr. Keating was no social worker or minister or anything like that. He was a retired corporate lawyer in his mid-60's, recruited into a new program that paired volunteers somewhat enlightened in the particulars of death (they were called 'doulas') with terminally ill people alone with their mortality. After all, there's no rental agency for friends, for when you're sick and staring death in the face." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article profiles the program named "Doula to Accompany and Comfort" which trains volunteers to provide support and companionship to people who would otherwise die alone.
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