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Joy Ufema, also known as Joy Counsel (born ), is a retired American nurse and thanatologist..
Joy Ufema
American nurse
Joy Ufema | |
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Born | Joy K. Counsel 1942 (age 82–83) Altoona, Pennsylvania |
Other names | Joy (Ufema) Counsel |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | B.S. and M.S., Columbia Pacific University |
Occupation | Nurse |
Known for | First nurse-thanatologist in U.S. |
Notable work | Brief Companions Insights on Death & Dying |
Board member of | Pennsylvania Hospice Network Executive Committee |
Partner | Linda Lighty[1][2] |
Joy Ufema, also known as Joy Counsel (born 1942),[3] is a retired American nurse and thanatologist.
Throughout her career as a nurse, Joy developed an affinity for caring for patients who were terminally ill.
She is noted for her work with terminally ill people in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, and was the first nurse-thanatologist in the country. Ufema garnered national attention after 60 Minutes aired a segment about her.
Ufema was Clinical Specialist in Thanatology for Upper Chesapeake Medical Center/Harford Memorial Hospital. Linda Lavin Played the role of U