doula

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth.
    — The function of the doula varies in different cultures from a little help here and there to complete succoring, including bathing, cooking, carrying, and feeding. Whatever the doula does, however, is less important than the fact that she is there.
  2. A trained person who provides similar support to someone who is diagnosed with an incurable condition and is receiving end-of-life care.

词形变化

doulas plural

词源

Borrowed from Greek δούλα (doúla, “servant-woman”), from Ancient Greek δούλη (doúlē, “female slave”). Popularized by the American anthropologist Dana Raphael in the book The Tender Gift: Breastfeeding (1973), where the word is credited to Eleni Rassias.
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