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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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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
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“It’s far too late to think about death when you’re dying — let’s do it now”
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What next?
With all the sadness of the 100,000 (and counting) deaths in the UK from COVID in the last year, one issue has been resolutely avoided in the public domain. For thousands of years, the many religions in the world have seen this life as just leading on to a different and usually greater world beyond death.
Is this just outdated unscientific wishful thinking?
The experience of some people suggests it is something to consider.
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Radical Acts of Love - Inspiring hope at the end of life
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Dying in Hospital in the Covid era
In the Covid 19 era the likelihood of death and place of death for different groups of people has changed
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Don’t be afraid to ask
Aside from this Covid 19 era half of us will die in hospital. A recent government study shows that, for the majority, hospitals deal well with the dying. But one area for improvement appears to be communication between medical staff and the patient and their families. While medical staff can be reluctant to be pessimistic, most patients and their families would prefer to be told if the end is very near.
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Pain and Faith
Recently his mother, aged 93, died ‘in excruciating pain’. This event has caused him to reflect on the problem of pain and suffering, either in body or in mind, and to look into its meaning and purpose for those with a religious belief.