Resources

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

An 80 year old friend asked Dr Elaine Sugden ( a retired consultant oncologist) a number of questions about the spread of COVID-19. She checked the latest information from various sources.

We need to ask the questions, “What happens when we die? Where do we go next?” No one else is going to ask people these questions, but they are the most important of all.

Anaesthetists are some of the doctors looking after patients of all ages in the intensive care units where constantly some are dying from the effects of Covid -19. They urge us all to imagine we are in these patient’s situation and discuss our wishes NOW so that our families are prepared to help the doctors with the difficult decisions they have to make. A Consultant Anaesthetist has written: