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It is so very hard sitting beside someone we love as they become weaker and weaker and closer to dying. We are crying inside ourselves but not wanting to distress them with our emotions; we want to be truly there for them. I love the word ‘compassion’ as this comes from the Latin ‘cum passio’, to suffer with.

Review of book by Dr Kathryn Mannix

How love, prayer, lament, compassion, and so on — can contribute to the process of dying well, a dialogue between theology and medicine

Claire Henry MBE, describes herself as “passionate about striving to improve end of life care”. She recently blogged a piece about losses during Covid, memories of her dad, his death and his funeral with Covid restrictions:

Grieving for a loved one can be long and painful. This is a helpful article.

Important decisions about how we want to be cared for should we become seriously ill need to involve conversations with family, carers, doctors, and those holding legal power of attorney, about the care we would want

Families commonly report that it comes as a relief once the subject is brought out into the open.

Three senior doctors and two senior clergy have contributed to COVID-19: Where is God in all this? published this month by Grove Booklet on Ethics for £3.95. (https://grovebooks.co.uk/collections/ethics).

Reflections on issues raised in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic by a retired doctor and the former Bishop of Exeter