Tag Archives: dying
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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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Three ways COVID-19 has changed me as a doctor

August 21, 2020 Written by Christianity , Medical Practice

COVID-19 has changed the world, the medical profession, and the NHS in ways we are only beginning to understand. In my A&E department, we have seen patients with oxygen saturations lower than we previously thought were possible, treated our own hospital colleagues – some of […]

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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 […]

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Supreme Court rules that doctors can remove food and fluids from patients with permanent vegetative state, without going to court

July 30, 2018 Written by End of Life

My Radio Four Today programme interview on this case is here, and my interview with BBC Radio Five Live is here. Should doctors be able to withdraw food and fluids from severely brain-damaged people who are not imminently dying? And if so, in what circumstances? The […]

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Alfie Evans has a progressive incurable illness but his parents should not be stopped from doing what they believe is best for him

April 27, 2018 Written by End of Life , Medical Practice , Start of Life

Hear my Premier Radio interview on this case here. Alfie Evans was admitted to Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool in December 2016 suffering from seizures. He was found to have a (still undiagnosed) progressive neurodegenerative disease and has now been in a semi-vegetative state for more than a year. […]