he turned to see a big , thirtyish woman in scrubs : another hospice worker - another of the amazing women that charlie had seen in the homes of the dying , helping to deliver them into the next world with as much comfort and dignity and even joy as they could gather - benevolent valkyries , midwives of the final light , they were - and as charlie watched them at work , he saw that rather than become detached from , or callous to their job , they became involved with every patient and every family .