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Integral mission through palliative care in Nepal

February 15, 2021 Written by End of Life , Global Health and Mission

When the first mission workers arrived in Nepal in 1954, Leprosy was endemic and caused much suffering with high levels of disability, social stigma and ostracism from the community. With its mission to serve the poorest and most marginalised, International Nepal Fellowship (INF) opened Green […]

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The headline figures don’t tell the whole story in the BMA assisted suicide poll

October 9, 2020 Written by End of Life

While there have been what seems like an unending succession of polls of British doctors about euthanasia and assisted suicide, that run by the British Medical Association (BMA) early in 2020 can lay claim to being one of the most thorough and significant. With over […]

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Reflecting God’s image or usurping his position?

September 14, 2020 Written by End of Life , Humanity , Medical Practice , New Technologies

For as long as humans have been keeping records, they have been recording their fight against the ultimate enemy – death. Up until a certain point in history, every new advance in technology was aimed at postponing the hour when the grim reaper would come […]

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Palliative care and COVID-19

April 28, 2020 Written by Christianity , End of Life , Medical Practice

I didn’t pay much attention to them at first. The news stories about Wuhan and the Facebook posts from Christians there asking for prayer. I probably said a few ‘arrow prayers’ but didn’t really engage. It was all far away, and it wouldn’t ever impact […]

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Facing coronavirus (COVID-19): the practicalities of critical illness and the reality of our mortality

April 3, 2020 Written by Christianity , End of Life , Medical Practice

Introduction In a manner not seen in the United Kingdom since World War Two, the COVID-19 crisis has brought death and dying – society’s greatest taboo – to centre stage. Whether we would like to admit it or not, even as Christians, we find this […]