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Books, Articles, Videos, and Interviews

Articles
By Merilynne Rush
  • ​Describing the End-of-Life Doula Role and Practices of Care: Perspectives from Four Countries, by Marian Krawczyk and Merilynne Rush, in Palliative Care and Social Practice, Dec. 7, 2020
  • Full Moon Funeral, by Merilynne Rush, Ann Arbor Observer, March 2013

Featuring Merilynne Rush
  • ​What Are End of Life Doulas? by Eve Glicksman, WebMD, February 26, 2022
  • Death Doulas Used to Be Rare; The Covid-19 Pandemic Changed That by Melissa Chan, Time, January 26, 2022
  • Death Doulas Could Bridge Gaps to Hospice by Holly Vossel, Hospice News, November 18, 2020
  • Interview with Merilynne Rush, by Rachel Drummond, Healthcaredegree.com, May 11, 2020
  • Learning to Serve the Dying, by Gatwiri Muthara, AARP, Oct. 8, 2019​
  • Health Careers on the Rise: The Doulas Coaching Patients through Life…and Death
  • Having a Funeral at Home, Not at a Funeral Home, by Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, January 11, 2015
  • A Matter of Mortality (about Ann Arbor Death Cafe), by Jennifer Xu, Hour Detroit, October, 2013
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About End-of-life Doulas
  • Death cafes, doulas and dolma: Meet the woman bringing dignity to the end of life by Indlieb Farazi Saber, Middle East Eye, January 12, 2021
  • How Do You Foster a Good Death in a Racist Society, by Chace Beech, Yahoo! News, June 25, 2020
  • This LA death doula is bringing comfort to the dying and grieving during the pandemic by Kim Kelly, Insider, May 7, 2020
  • Being With and Caring For Those Who Are Dying by Andrea Sherman, Samye Institute, February 27, 2020​
  • The Movement to Bring Death Closer by Maggie Jones, The New York Times, January 13, 2020
  • Doulas Are Becoming Part of the End-of-Life Equation by Hannah Hagemann, Morning Edition, NPR, January 3, 2020
  • A Day in the Life of an End-of-Life Doula, from Next Avenue, May 23, 2017

About Natural Death Care (Home Funeral/Green Burial)
  • Eco-Friendly Cemeteries? More People Preferring Green…, by Alex Brown, Washington Post, Nov. 30, 2019
  • Kate’s Still Here, by Libby Copeland, Esquire, Nov. 14, 2017
  • Green Burials Bring Awareness to Environmental Concerns, by Allyson Chiu, U.S. News and World Report, 3-4-16​
  • Home Funeral: An Unusual Gift of Time and Space, by June Kellum, Epoch Times, November 14, 2014
  • Ashes to Ashes, But First, A Nice Pine Box, by Jeffrey Piehler, NYT, February 1, 2014
Videos & Podcasts
Featuring Merilynne Rush
  • ​End of Life Studies Interview Series, University of Glasgow, July 2021
  • Virtual Funerals and Memorials: How and Why to Hold Them, EOL University, April 12, 2021
  • End-of-life Doula Case Study, NHPCO ECHO Project webinar, March 31, 2021
  • Circle of Care, with Amy Wright Glenn of The Institute for Birth, Breath and Death, June 12, 2020
  • Death Care at Home and At a Distance, EOL University, April 13, 2020
  • Home Funerals and Natural Burials, EOL University, October 13, 2014
Others
  • Ask a Death Doula, with Lee Webster by Suzanne O’Brien, Doulagivers, January 30, 2019
  • A Husband’s Final Goodbye to his Wife 
  • Steelmantown Green Cemetery
  • NPR with Ellen Goodman and Lee Webster on advance planning
  • Podcast Interview with Lee Webster on the National Home Funeral Alliance, Karen Wyatt, MD, 8.13.15 End of Life University
  • #TalkDeath Episode 5: Who Owns Your Body with Tanya Marsh and Lee Webster, YouTube Qeepr
  • Open air cremation, Creststone, CO​
Merilynne on the Radio
  • ​​WWJ Detroit, about Home Funeral
  • ​Michigan Radio, about Green Burial
  • Michigan Radio, about Death Cafe
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“Merilynne met with my family at our home when my grandmother was dying. We’re so grateful that she helped us learn how to do this naturally. It was just perfect.” —Sierra 
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  • Home
  • Meet the Team
    • Founder
    • Staff and Trainers
  • Consulting
    • Consulting Services
    • Advance Care Planning
    • End of Life Doula Mentoring Discussion Groups
    • Home Funeral/Green Burial Consulting
  • Trainings
    • Educational Trainings
    • Advance Care Planning Facilitator Training
    • End of Life Doula Training >
      • FAQs About EOL Doulas
      • Certification
    • Home Funeral Guide Training
    • Payment and Registration
  • Resources
    • Books, Articles, Videos, and Interviews
    • Newsletters
    • Helpful Links >
      • Covid-19 Care Advice
    • Natural Burial in MI
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