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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?

Learn More
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Published Words on Death & Dying

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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.

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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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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Dear Death,

Finding Meaning in Life, Peace in Death, and Joy in an Ordinary Day

By Diane R. Button (Author) and Virginia Chang, Ph.D. (Editor)

November 2021

To learn more, read the February 2021 INELDA newsletter

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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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Virginia would like to acknowledge the following organizations for their
generous funding and for fostering environments of creativity and deep thoughts.
She is grateful for their support in nurturing her craft as a writer.

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Arteles Creative Center
Silence Awareness Existence Residency

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Cultivate & Cooperativa di Comunità a Montegiovi
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