death and dying

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Miss B - 'Aspects of the Court's judgement are worrying, but it does not change the rule of law,' says CMF (22/03/2002)

Near death experiences (triple helix - winter 2001)

I was moving headfirst through a dark maelstrom of what looked like black boiling clouds. I felt that I was being beckoned to the sides. That frightened me. Ahead was a tiny dot of bright light that steadily grew and brightened as I drew nearer. I became aware that I...

Near-Death Experiences (nucleus - winter 2000)

Rene’s van aquaplaned out of control, smashing her skull on an industrial power pole: ‘I was moving headfirst through a dark maelstrom of what looked like black boiling clouds. I felt that I was being beckoned to the sides; that frightened me. Ahead was a tiny dot of bright light...

Do Not Resuscitate? (nucleus - autumn 2000)

Fifty-two year old Jill Baker, who has cancer, was alarmed to discover a ‘do not resuscitate’ (DNR) order on her notes during treatment for septicaemia. She had no idea it had been put in place. [1] In the last year, Age Concern, a group concerned with the rights of older...

Dealing with the dying (nucleus - summer 2000)

Death is one of the last great taboos in our society. Surrounded by images of death in the media, modern western society can make it all too easy to insulate ourselves from the reality of death in our own lives and to be unprepared to deal with it 'in the...