Creating hope through action: a suicide researcher’s perspective
Creating hope through action: a suicide researcher’s perspective CONTENT WARNING – suicide is a main focus of this blogpost. In honour of World Suicide Prevention…
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Don’t feed the trolls – an extract from ‘Things I Got Wrong So You Don’t Have To’ by Pooky Knightsmith
Don’t feed the trolls – an extract from ‘Things I Got Wrong So You Don’t Have To’ by Pooky Knightsmith As an internationally respected campaigner,…
What does it take to be a really good listener?
Listening to patients at their end of life can be mentally, physically, and spiritually exhausting. Although often highlighted in books about hospice and palliative care,…
Geoff Mead on loss, the grieving process and Gone in the Morning
Geoff Mead took some time to reflect on the grieving process and some of the themes of his new book Watch the full 28 minute…
How can we prepare for a ‘good death’?
Carlo Leget is Professor in Care Ethics and Endowed Professor of Spiritual and Ethical Questions in Palliative Care at the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht,…
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“Getting over it” – Processing grief in a way that works for you
An extract from chapter 1 of Gone in the Morning: A Writer’s Journey of Bereavement by Geoff Mead. Recently, I was having a beer with…
Parting Gifts – Geoff Mead reflects on the value of palliative care for a loved one
Anyone who has been bereaved through chronic illness will know that anticipating the death of a loved one prefigures the grief that is to come.…
Chaplains are worthwhile because….
Karen Murphy has worked in hospice chaplaincy for twenty years and has represented chaplaincy at national and international level. She is President of the Association…
Strategies in Supporting Children with Special Needs around Death and Dying
“My grandma isn’t a dinosaur. Why are the dinosaurs in this book teaching about death?” “My dad’s not a leaf. I don’t understand what falling…