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Talking and planning for the end of life can support our experience of grief
Talking and planning for the end of life can support our experience of grief
“She had a very good death and I was just really grateful she got what she wanted.”
Jemma Woodley
Dec 7, 2022
Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning
Recent events have made Molly reflect on just how important it is to put your wishes down in writing
Zach Moss
Oct 17, 2022
When my husband was dying, Sarah Malik was a life-changer for me
When my husband was dying, Sarah Malik was a life-changer for me
…and, in the same way, she was a death-saver for my husband.
The Compassion in Dying team
Jul 19, 2022
Planning end of life care with people who have learning disabilities
Planning end of life care with people who have learning disabilities
Todays guest post comes from Beth Britton, Consultant for MacIntyre’s Dying to Talk Project, explains how this Project is empowering…
The Compassion in Dying team
Jun 1, 2022
Peer support and social prescribing
Peer support and social prescribing
A match made in heaven
The Compassion in Dying team
Feb 22, 2022
The real effects of CPR
The real effects of CPR
My DNACPR is not a wish to die but a wish not to suffer
The Compassion in Dying team
Jul 2, 2021
Why do I think advance care planning is important?
Why do I think advance care planning is important?
A message from one human being to another
The Compassion in Dying team
Apr 23, 2021
Mental Capacity and Future Disabled “Voice”
Mental Capacity and Future Disabled “Voice”
Initial Thoughts on Disability and Advance Decisions from Gill Loomes
The Compassion in Dying team
Dec 10, 2020
Do we overvalue quantity of life?
Do we overvalue quantity of life?
What is society’s broader responsibility to change this conversation and where should we start.
The Compassion in Dying team
Sep 16, 2020
Time for a change
Time for a change
How doctors and patients can work together
The Compassion in Dying team
Aug 13, 2020
DNACPR and shared understanding
DNACPR and shared understanding
To discuss CPR you need to have a good conversation, and that conversation needs to achieve shared understanding.
The Compassion in Dying team
Jul 8, 2020
Joe Hammond: on motor neurone disease, death and dying
Joe Hammond: on motor neurone disease, death and dying
With Joe’s permission, we’ve published a short extract from his amazing new memoir — A Short History of Falling.
The Compassion in Dying team
Sep 6, 2019
The way we die will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now
The way we die will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now
How we treat dying people needs to change by Haider Warraich
The Compassion in Dying team
Jun 17, 2019
Are we ready to talk about death? And if not, then what?
Are we ready to talk about death? And if not, then what?
Today’s guest post comes from Toby Scott — head of communications and campaigns at Dying Matters.
The Compassion in Dying team
May 7, 2019
‘No tenemos miedo’ — we are not afraid of death
‘No tenemos miedo’ — we are not afraid of death
Erica Buist’s journey from grief to death…
The Compassion in Dying team
Mar 1, 2019
Hope and dying: separating hope from health
Hope and dying: separating hope from health
Molly has kidney cancer. Here she shares her thoughts on why we need to separate hope from health.
Zach Moss
Feb 22, 2019
It’s not you, it’s them — how other people might react to your illness — and how to handle them
It’s not you, it’s them — how other people might react to your illness — and how to handle them
Today’s guest post comes from Trish Greenhalg — professor of primary care health sciences, University of Oxford and co-author of The…
The Compassion in Dying team
Feb 15, 2019
End of life discussions beyond the bedside
End of life discussions beyond the bedside
Today’s guest post comes from Ivor Williams. Ivor leads end of life care projects at the Helix Centre at Imperial College London.
The Compassion in Dying team
Jan 31, 2019
Guest post — Clinically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration: New guidance for doctors
Guest post — Clinically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration: New guidance for doctors
Today sees the publication of important new guidance about CANH — Celia Kitzinger tells us more …
The Compassion in Dying team
Dec 12, 2018
Do not resuscitate: waiting for a “Blue Planet moment”
Do not resuscitate: waiting for a “Blue Planet moment”
Last December, Blue Planet II’s final episode showed a clip about the plastic crisis. Life hasn’t been the same since. It felt like…
Kimberley St John
Dec 5, 2018
In conversation with Greg Wise
In conversation with Greg Wise
I spoke with actor, producer and author Greg Wise about all things death and dying. Including his personal experience with his sister…
Zach Moss
Nov 12, 2018
Conversations about death: a guest post by Joe Hammond
Conversations about death: a guest post by Joe Hammond
Joe Hammond has motor neurone disease. He has been writing and talking about how he is preparing himself and his family for his death. We…
The Compassion in Dying team
Oct 31, 2018
Do Not Attempt CPR orders and the law
The aim of this article is to explain what the courts in England and Wales have said the law requires regarding involving patients in…
Tor Butler-Cole
Mar 14, 2018
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