Reprint from RNZ The Wireless - excerpt from article by Felicity Monk 5 June 2018 Excerpt…."Death doula, deathwalker, death midwife, end-of-life midwife, soul midwife, companion to the dying. These are all names for the same role; someone who supports the dying and the grieving. And while it’s hardly a new concept - for thousands of years people have done this for one another - there is now an industry springing up to meet the demands of our increasingly secular and death-anx