4. Meetings at the Edge

 
Hands making heart shape Photo: Saiph Muhammad
 

Lizzie Neville, a Death Doula, discusses end-of-life care and how to plan a good death.

Episode Transcript

Some midwives guide us into the world. Lizzie Neville is a death doula guiding us out.

Lizzie is part of a growing band of Death Doulas or bereavement midwives who support us at the end of life. She shares her observations about dying at home, our most common regrets and why making a living will is the key to a better death at home, in a hospice or hospital.

For more information about Lizzie Neville visit End of Life Doula

For support, information and end-of-life doula training in the UK visit Living Well Dying Well.

Produced by Georgie Vestey and Kate McAll, with original music by John Biddle and sound design by James Honess.

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