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What Death Care Can Learn From Disability Justice

TalkDeath — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:18:06 +0000

Disability Justice’s approach can provide death care with the necessary tools to reckon with the complex and overlapping issues faced at the end-of-life.

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Careers in Death Care: A Day in the Life of a Caretaker of an Abandoned Cemetery

TalkDeath — Mon, 26 May 2025 11:43:00 +0000

Mount Moriah Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery, hosting 150,000 burials and sprawling over hundreds of acres across Southwest Philadelphia and Yeadon, Pennsylvania. Since it was established in 1855, the undulating hills of Mount Moriah Cemetery have been an inclusive burial place for many communities in Philadelphia. Mount Moriah Cemetery readily welcomed all races and incomes, and adapted to and respected the changing and differing interment needs of its diverse communities, accommodating US military lots, Muslim burials, and communal plots. After Mount Moriah Cemetery was abandoned by its owners, community members came together to care for Pennsylvania’s largest cemetery. The […]

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Is Death Doula Certification Really Worth it?

TalkDeath — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:59:21 +0000

A death doula provides non-medical support, guidance, and assistance to individuals who are dying and those around them leading up to, during, or after a death. Death doulas, who are also referred to as end-of-life doulas, death midwives, death companions, and end-of-life companions to name a few, have existed for centuries around the world- but over the last half a decade they’ve garnered a lot of public traction and attention. With this growing interest in death doula practices, and careers, more training programs have become available- including death doula ‘certifications.’ We examine some of the arguments for and against death […]

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‘Prison Terminal’ Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

TalkDeath — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:30 +0000

Join TalkDeath and the Humane Prison Hospice Project for a virtual screening and panel discussion of Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall.

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The Best TV, Music, Video Games, and Books from 2024 that Explore Death and Grief

TalkDeath — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:15:12 +0000

These TV shows, albums, video games, and books all engage with death and grief through various themes.

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