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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. […]

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Talking about death – the importance of openness about one of life’s certainties

May 13, 2014 Written by End of Life , Personal Health

About two thirds of the way into Alexander Payne’s 2011 film The Descendants, Matt King (played by George Clooney) walks calmly into the hospital room of his comatose wife, Elizabeth. He closes the door gently and then proceeds to excoriate her for controlling and messing […]

Practising compassion and justice

November 9, 2011 Written by Medical Practice

Having just got back from a two day conference in the Netherlands on researching and teaching spiritual care for nursing students, I was once again confronted on my return to our island shores by more stories about the failures of even the most basic care […]