000 01668 a2200265 4500
008 041203s xx 000 0 eng
022 _a1522-3213;
050 _aAC1.S5
082 _a050
100 _aKleinfield, N.R.,
245 0 _aIn Death Watch for Stranger, Becoming a Friend to the End.
_cN.R. Kleinfield.
260 _bNew York Times,
_c2004.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
_nArticle 66,
_pFamily,
_x1522-3213;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500 _aOriginally Published: In Death Watch for Stranger, Becoming a Friend to the End, Jan. 25, 2004; pp. 1+.
520 _a"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.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aFriendship
650 _aSocial work with the terminally ill
650 _aTerminal care
_xSocial aspects
650 _aTerminally ill
650 _aVolunteers
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005,
_pFamily.
_x1522-3213;
942 _c UKN
999 _c36255
_d36255