Titles Used By End-of-life Guides
By Leah Carey
Aug. 30, 2016
According to a list provided by the National Home Funeral Alliance, there are numerous titles being used by people who help others in the death process.
Here is the text from their list (see the full graphic above)
End-of-life Transition Guide
Accompanies a dying person and/or family and friends through a personal, intentional and conscious dying process
Terms used:
- Conscious dying guide
- Death doula
- Death midwife
- Death transition guide
- End-of-life doula
- End-of-life guide
- Midwife to the dying
- Midwife to the soul
- Pre-death guide
- Psychopomp
- Soul midwife
- Sacred crossings guide
- Thanadoula
Home Funeral Guide
(a topic we will address in an upcoming entry in the Living With Dying series)
Works to empower families and/or friends to care for their own dead and guide them through after-death care
Terms used:
- Death midwife
- Family funeral guide
- Home funeral educator
- Home vigil and funeral guide
Celebrant
Works with family and/or friends to create a a funeral, memorial, or celebration of life
Terms used:
- Ceremonialist
- Clergy
- Officiant