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Assisting suicide debate not reached

24th March 2009: In planning the House of Commons' business on 23 March for the Report and Third Reading of the Coroners and Justice Bill, the government put New Clause 42 (Assisting Suicide) last. In consequence, that item was not reached and there...
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Assisted suicide threat today

23rd March 2009: Late on Thursday 19 March we learned details of the expected last minute amendment to the clauses on assisting suicide in the government's Coroners and Justice Bill. The coalition of which CMF is just one member body, Care Not Killing,...
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Advance care planning

12th March 2009: In association with eight other healthcare bodies, the Clinical Standards Group of the Royal College of Physicians released in mid-February Concise guidance to good practice: Advance Care Planning . Described as 'evidence-based guidelines for clinical management' this commendably brief document...
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Caring for Dying People of Different Faiths (Book Review) (triple helix - Easter 2008)

This useful volume is written in a straightforward style intended for healthcare professionals. It aims to address the paradox quoted: 'dying well means living well – that also says that we are all different and yet all the same'. As people come close to death, many will need to focus...

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Approaching the End - A theological exploration of death and dying (Book Review) (triple helix - Easter 2008)

This scholarly work by a professor of bioethics looks at two questions: 'How can we live well in the face of death?' and 'When is it ethically permissible to deliberately end human life?' It examines the writings of Ambrose, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and the twentieth century theologian Karl Rahner. It...

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On Eagles' Wings AND Patterns in the Sand (Book Reviews) (triple helix - autumn 2007)

Losing a parent as a teenager is devastating and these books deal sensitively with this difficult subject. They tell the story of Tony, a fifteen year old boy whose mother is dying from multiple sclerosis. His father is the local vicar and Tony has to juggle schoolwork with nursing his...

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A gift from Chernobyl? (triple helix - spring/summer 2007)

We listen to the oncologist's verdict. 'Blood cancer - leukaemia.' Immediately we grasp the implications. Eight to nine months' treatment…mother to stay in hospital, too…chemotherapy …radiation…75% survival. Why, Lord, why our child? Is this punishment? And if so, do we deserve it? Yet we believe the statement of Jesus (Luke...

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No Water – No Life - Hydration in the Dying (Book Review) (triple helix - winter 2007)

The debate about hydration in the dying has been intense and very important. Gillian Craig, a retired geriatrician, brings an excellent breath of fresh air to this debate, providing data, published research and a wide range of opinion. The style of the book is interesting, a collage of papers and...

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Death + Dying (triple helix - winter 2007)

'That injection killed him!' 'He was the kindest man who ever lived.' 'The hospital never told me he was going to die!' 'We did everything together…'These are just some of the things that have been said to me as a GP after a patient's death. Comfort and compassion At a...

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The Shaming of the Strong - The challenge of an unborn life (Book Review) (triple helix - summer 2006)

To date, there has been a shortage of accessible material on the experience of continuing a pregnancy where the child has been found to have a severe abnormality. Here, at last, is a book where allied medical professionals, pastors and friends can see into the hearts of a family living...

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