The charity Compassion in Dying has published a comprehensive and powerful report based on analysis of calls and emails received… Read more
Tag: advance care planning
End of life care: improving DNACPR conversations for everyone
An important (but depressingly familiar) report from the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has been published today, 14 March 2024. The… Read more
Guest post – the risks of ReSPECT
[I am very pleased to be able to host here a guest post by Richard Charlton and Bharati Gidoomal, two… Read more
ReSPECT, advance decision-making and capacity dilemmas – in conversation with Dr Zoë Fritz
In this conversation, I talk to Dr Zoë Fritz, Wellcome fellow in Society and Ethics and a Consultant in Acute… Read more
Bipolar and advance decision-making, ‘Future Selves’ – new book by Beth Hopkins
A new publication written by artist Beth Hopkins, and coordinated by the Bethlem Gallery as part of the Mental Health… Read more
Advance decisions and disability rights – in conversation with Gill Loomes-Quinn
The next shedinar is here (and, coincidentally, with very good timing in light of the decision in the case of Barnsley… Read more
The ‘shed series’ so far
For those who have time to kill over the long weekend, a reminder of the shed series of webinars I… Read more
DNACPR and Advance Care Planning – getting it right
I have recorded a short video (with slides) about DNAPCR and advance care planning, in the hopes that it will… Read more
Wellcome Trust Clinical Research position: Supporting Advance Directives in Bipolar Disorder: apply now!
As part of a team (Dr Gareth Owen (psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience), Dr Tania Gergel (mental health… Read more
Advance Decisions to Refuse Life-Sustaining Treatment and the Court of Protection
Introduction Two recent press stories have – whether deliberately or not – cast very unhelpful doubt upon the status of… Read more