Good Heaven! After death - what?
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Why is dying not seen as a diagnosis?
Audrey Chia explains why seeing dying as a diagnosis is important for patients at the end of life.
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Caring for the dying – reflections after 42 years of priestly ministry
Mark Thomas, a Church of England clergyman writes about his encounters with those who are dying
This World is not my Home
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Assisted Dying Bill fails to go to a vote
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Legalising Assisted Dying would be a slippery slope
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Letting go of the one you love
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.
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Listen - by Dr Kathryn Mannix - reviewed
Review of book by Dr Kathryn Mannix
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Choosing a care home where staff have skills to give great end-of-life care
Half a million people live in care homes and about a quarter of the UK population end their lives there. How can we ensure this vulnerable group of people live well and die well in care homes?
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Why is there a taboo on talking about death and dying?
From sex being the great taboo in society fifty years ago, the great taboo now is talking about death and dying. Why?
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Talking about Dying - Study Course
Designed for Study Groups meeting in a trusted environment where people can talk confidentially about their hopes and fears
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Living well and dying faithfully
How love, prayer, lament, compassion, and so on — can contribute to the process of dying well, a dialogue between theology and medicine
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Improving end of life care
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:
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Reflection on latest campaign to legalise Assisted Suicide
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Reader responds: “Talking about dying is so very important”
In a Facebook response to an article on this web site, on 10th May 2021, Theresa, a reader, wrote
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Please do let your loved ones know what you want to happen at the end of your life
Talking about dying is very important. So often people don’t discuss things until it is too late and it makes things so much more complicated.
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Dying matters awareness week 10-16 May 2021
It really is worth talking about your own wishes and making some important decisions.
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The grief journey
Grieving for a loved one can be long and painful. This is a helpful article.
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Decisions about living and dying well during COVID-19
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
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Do you want to be resuscitated? What you should think about.
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Coronavirus:making decisions about treatment
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An opportunity to reset the way we think about death - and life
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Letter in response to “It’s far too late to think about death when you’re dying”
The authors of Talking about Dying write to the Times and Church of England Newspaper
