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    Virginia Chang, Ph.D.
    Certified End -of -Life Doula

    How do you want to live until the very last moment?

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  • A green background with three spirals in the middle.

    Virginia Chang, Ph.D.
    Certified End -of -Life Doula

    How do you want to live until the very last moment?

Published Words on Death & Dying

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Here is a selection of published essays, excerpts, and articles
on death and dying and the work of end-of-life doulas,
written by Virginia.

Here is a selection of published books, excerpts, and articles
on death and dying and the work of end-of-life doulas,
written or edited by Virginia.

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We Are Living, We Are Dying

By Virginia Chang, Ph.D.

LIFE, DEATH, AND MEMORY
The Gardan Journal, Issue 10
January 2026

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My Things Are of No Use at Death

By Virginia Chang, Ph.D.

HEIRLOOM
Soul Artist Journal
Autumn 2025

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The Body Will Die

By Virginia Chang, Ph.D.

RITES
Soul Artist Journal
Summer 2025

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Honoring Death

By Virginia Chang, Ph.D.

Medium
January 8, 2025

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© COVID Tears. Alicia Christy. Fall 2020 Intima

The Chance to Say Goodbye... or Not

By Virginia Chang, Ph.D.

Crossroads Blog
Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine
September 9, 2022

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© The Garden. Julia Michie Bruckner. Spring 2022 Intima

A Body in Motion

By Virginia Chang, Ph.D.

Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine
May 2022

Finalist for the 2022 Paul Kalanithi Writing Award

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Becoming an Empty Vessel

By Virginia Chang, Ph.D.

INELDA Notes for the Journey Newsletter
May 2022

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How End-of-Life Doulas Help Ease the Final Transition

By Virginia Chang

Scientific American
June 2021

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Arteles Creative Center
Silence Awareness Existence Residency

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Cultivate 
La Baldi Residency

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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Artists Residency

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Craigardan
Literary Arts Residency

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Truro Center for the Arts
at Castle Hill & Edgewood Farm

Artist-in-Residence

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VCCA France
le Moulin à Nef

Artists Residency