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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

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What’s the difference between end-of-life doula and a hospice volunteer? Beth: It depends on the volunteer. Hospice volunteers do lots of things. With Goodwin Hospice patients, not as much because they have that support from the bereavement group at Goodwin Hospice.

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Evidence-Based Messaging for Serious Illness Care: A Podcast with Tony Back and Marian Grant

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It was my experience as a hospice volunteer that maybe leave the corporate world and go to nursing school and ultimately become a palliative care nurse practitioner. In that, again this is GeriPal Podcast, geriatrics falls into the same boat. And the first service is bereavement. ” “Oh, yeah. Tony: Hello.