Experiences of Engaging a Death Doula: Qualitative Interviews With Bereaved Family Members
Palliative Care and Social Practice, 2023 Background: There has been an emerging trend of adopting a death doula, a non-medical advocate and guide for people at the end of life and their families. While there has been growing empirical research regarding the work of death doulas, no studies have
Lauren R Miller-Lewis +2 more
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Doula support in office hysteroscopy: results from a pilot study
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2021 Background: This pilot study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of doula support in office hysteroscopy and the potential effectiveness of doula support during office hysteroscopy to reduce anxiety and pain.
Rocio Montejo +3 more
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Parent Perspectives: Part 1—Considerations for Changing the NICU Culture
Children, 2023 While publications that aim to reflect the parent perspective are increasingly common in the medical literature, few are authored by parents in their own words. As mothers with lived and professional experience in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU),
Jessica N. DiBari, LaToshia Rouse
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Transitions in Black and Latinx Community-Based Doula Work in the US During COVID-19
Frontiers in Sociology, 2021 In response to COVID-19, many doulas, including community-based doulas (CBDs), have shifted to virtual doula work, placing aspects of doula care online.
Mariel Rivera
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The need for sustainable funding for Indigenous doula services in Canada
Women's Health, 2022 Objectives: To interview representatives from Indigenous doulas across Canada in order to document how they manage the logistics of providing community-based doula care and understand their challenges.
Larissa Wodtke +5 more
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Parent Perspectives: Part 2—Considerations for the Transition Home Post-NICU Discharge
Children, 2023 This paper is part two of a series of papers written by the mothers of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) graduates. The companion paper, “Parent Perspectives: Part 1—Considerations for Changing the NICU Culture”, considers all aspects of the NICU ...
Jessica N. DiBari, LaToshia Rouse
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The effect of presence of midwife (Doula) on anxiety and fear of natural childbirth in pregnant women: Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2022 Introduction: Anxiety and fear of childbirth is one of the biggest concerns of pregnant women that may lead to the pain and prolonged delivery. Regarding to the midwives' treatment and supportive roles, this study was performed aimed to evaluate the ...
Sedigheh Khalili Shomia +5 more
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EClinicalMedicine, 2022 Summary: Background: This evaluation of doula care emerges at a time when maternal mortality in the U.S. outranks every country in the developed world.
April M. Falconi +6 more
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Death doula working practices and models of care: the views of death doula training organisations
BMC Palliative Care, 2023 Background The role of death doula has emerged in recent years, arguably as a result of overwhelming demands on carers, healthcare professionals and service providers in end-of-life care.
Deb Rawlings +3 more
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Doulas as facilitators: the expanded role of doulas into abortion care [PDF]
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 2012 The involvement of a lay support person, known as a doula, in the labour process is a long-standing practice across different cultures and traditions. A great body of literature exists evaluating the effect of a support layperson within the labour process on maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Julie, Chor +4 more
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