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Spirituality - Another Vital Sign on the Doctor's Checklist?

Tony Lobl | Posted 02.02.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Pain, Hospital Chaplains, Dementia, Cicely Saunders Institute, Emergency Room, Sir Halley Stewart Trust International Lecture, Spiritual Practice, Dr Christina Puchalski, Palliative Care, Health, Kings College, Hospitals, Medicine, Health Care, Spirituality, Vital Signs, Hollywood, UK Lifestyle, Roman Catholic Church, UK Lifestyle News
Tony Lobl

The machine, beeping steadily away in the background, reassuringly spells life. Suddenly it goes haywire. Something's wrong. The patient needs urgent...

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Dignity of Death and Palliative Care

Muhammad Abdul Bari | Posted 14.01.2013 | Home
Read More: Hospice, Palliative Care, Health, Death, Home News
Muhammad Abdul Bari

Controversy has arisen around end-of-life care. In recent time questions were raised on the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) system, which is intended to ...

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So the English Do Like Talking About Death After All

Imelda Redmond CBE | Posted 07.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Doctors, Hospital, Nurses, Dying, English Culture, Hospice, Death, Bereavement, Health, Palliative Care, UK Impact, Marie-Curie-Cancer-Care, UK Lifestyle News
Imelda Redmond CBE

It is often said that English people do not like to talk about death. Last week's publication of the first national survey of the bereaved has gone some way to dispelling such a notion.

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MPs Debate Controversy Of Assisted Suicide Guidelines

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK News, UK Parliament, Palliative Care, Medical Ethics, Nhs, Assisted Dying, Assisted Suicide, UK Politics News

MPs are debating the controversial guidelines on assisted suicide which could lead to some people avoiding prosecution for helping someone take their ...

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MPs Debate Controversy Of Assisted Suicide Guidelines

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Medical Ethics, UK Parliament, UK News, Palliative Care, Assisted Suicide, Assisted Dying, Nhs, UK Politics News

MPs are debating the controversial guidelines on assisted suicide which could lead to some people avoiding prosecution for helping someone take their ...

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MPs Debate Controversy Of Assisted Suicide Guidelines

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK News, UK Parliament, Palliative Care, Medical Ethics, Nhs, Assisted Dying, Assisted Suicide, UK Politics News

MPs are debating the controversial guidelines on assisted suicide which could lead to some people avoiding prosecution for helping someone take their ...

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More People Suffering From Terminal Illnesses Are Choosing To Die 'In Their Own Homes'

PA | Posted 19.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Age UK, Office for National Statistics, Commons Public Accounts Committee, UK News, Palliative Care, Hospital, Home Death, UK News

More than a fifth of people are now choosing to die in their own homes instead of hospitals, and the overall trend for deaths at home is rising, resea...

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Breast Cancer Sufferers Living 'In Pain' Despite Available Drugs

PA | Posted 21.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Cancer Treatment, UK News, Palliative Care, Breast Cancer Women, Pa, Breast Cancer, Drugs, Cancer, Medication, News, Health Study, Medical Support, UK News

More than a third of women with advanced breast cancer are living in pain despite drugs being available to help them, according to new research. A ...

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Respecting Choice at the End of Life

James Harris | Posted 03.10.2011 | UK
Read More: Dignity in Dying, End of Life Care, Assisted Dying, Suicide, Death, Palliative Care, Healthcare, UK News
James Harris

We are living, and many people are dying, in the midst of a stand-off in end-of-life decision-making. A clear majority of the public supports change to allow terminally ill, mentally competent adults the choice of a doctor assisted death in the last days and weeks of life.

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