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Fersko-Weiss's perspective is a desperately needed reminder of the value of facing life's most difficult transitions with open eyes and hearts.-- Publishers Weekly Starred Review Experiences from the author's many years as an end-of-life doula illustrate the concepts presented and provide examples that readers can apply and adapt to their own situations. This book appears to be the first and only title available on end-of-life doulas...Written for families and caregivers, this book provides a clear overview of end-of-life doulas and a compelling case for their wider use in terminal care. It also supplies some wonderful ideas and techniques for all readers who want to have a more peaceful, meaningful death for themselves or their loved ones. -- Library Journal (starred review) With Buddhist calm and a sense of thoughtful presence, Fersko-Weiss shares the core tools doulas use to help the dying approach 'ego integrity'...Enough detail is included that families without access to a doula could successfully use many of the ideas on their own...A desperately needed reminder of the value of facing life's most difficult transitions with open eyes and hearts. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Henry Fersko-Weiss is executive director of the International End-of-Life Doula Association. In 2003, Henry created the very first End-of-Life Doula Program in the U.S. at a hospice in New York City and has built many other programs based on his model. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere. He is on the faculty of the Open Center's Art of Dying Institute. Visit him at www.inelda.org. Barry Abrams has narrated and produced audiobooks for a variety of publishers. Since 2012, he has also hosted and produced ESPN's In the Gate podcast. Based in Danbury, Connecticut, he also engineers and calls live webcasts of his son's ice hockey games.

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