The charity Compassion in Dying has published a comprehensive and powerful report based on analysis of calls and emails received on its information line, together … Read More ›
Tag: advance care planning
An important (but depressingly familiar) report from the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has been published today, 14 March 2024. The full report can be found … Read More ›
[I am very pleased to be able to host here a guest post by Richard Charlton and Bharati Gidoomal, two very experienced Court of Protection … Read More ›
In this conversation, I talk to Dr Zoë Fritz, Wellcome fellow in Society and Ethics and a Consultant in Acute Medicine at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, about … Read More ›
A new publication written by artist Beth Hopkins, and coordinated by the Bethlem Gallery as part of the Mental Health and Justice Project, is now … Read More ›
The next shedinar is here (and, coincidentally, with very good timing in light of the decision in the case of Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v … Read More ›
For those who have time to kill over the long weekend, a reminder of the shed series of webinars I have done, including: Capacity – … Read More ›
I have recorded a short video (with slides) about DNAPCR and advance care planning, in the hopes that it will assist people to get the … Read More ›
As part of a team (Dr Gareth Owen (psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience), Dr Tania Gergel (mental health ethics), Dr Larry Rifkin (psychiatry, … Read More ›
Introduction Two recent press stories have – whether deliberately or not – cast very unhelpful doubt upon the status of advance decisions to refuse life … Read More ›