Table 5 Views on Death Doula specialisation
From: Death doula working practices and models of care: the views of death doula training organisations
Theme | Respondent | Response |
|---|---|---|
Agree with DD role specialisation | Organisation 1 (AUS) | “Love it. Quite appropriate for someone who is looking for support from a person who genuinely understands their lived experience/s” |
Organisation 2 (AUS) | “good idea” | |
Organisation 5 (NZ) | “It’s a good thing” | |
Organisation 6 (CAN) | “I agree that there are many areas a doula can work in” | |
Organisation 7 (CAN) | “I think it’s fantastic. It helps streamline the awareness of the multi-faceted role of the doula” | |
Organisation 8 (the UK) | “Specialists shoild (sic) be welcomed if they have extra learning skills and qualification to support it” | |
Organisation 9 (the US) | “Sure, not every one is tailored to every aspect of deathcare” | |
Organisation 10 (AUS) | “We are already offering abortion doula training and stillbirth is covered in our foundation training. We also have several other Masterclasses in development” | |
Organisation 11 (the US) | “i love doulas differentiating themselves so they can really hone in on that specialty” | |
Organisation 13 (AUS) | “I think it makes perfect sense…whilst a doula is a doula and it’s a support role - there are specific skills, education, practices, laws to each arena and laws that govern each area of practice. There are many potential specialist roles for doulas. MS*, MND**, terminally ill children etc, where some additional training and expertise would be useful. Particularly counselling and family support skills” | |
Disagree with DD role specialisation | Organisation 3 (the US) | “I think it’s kind of silly to have labels for these specialties. Doulas can just list the support services they offer without having to invent a new name for it. But whatever…” |
Organisation 12 (the US) | “Its a marketing gemick (sic). A doula should be able to support the clients, not diagnosises (sic)” | |
Unsure about DD role specialisation | Organisation 4 (SWED) | “Both yes and no - we should all have a little knowledge but as a doula you’re also a organizer and as such, you can always bring in specalists (sic)” |