Jim Reed BBC News Reporting fromSupreme Court, London Pamela Tickell BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC Parents of the deceased children heard doctors involved in their care could be named Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, the Supreme Court has ruled, after the parents of two children said they wanted to “tell … Read more
Abi Jenkins, who cared for a friend with terminal cancer, said “normalising” death might help people. Source link
The parents of Isaiah Haastrup and Zainab Abbasi attend the Supreme Court for a two-day hearing. Source link
Cross-party group of MPs does not back change in law, but says some countries have seen care benefit. Source link
Tony Stowell says his mother’s care home took two days to tell the family they had put her on end-of-life care. Source link
When people say someone had “a good death,” they usually mean that someone was comfortable and not in pain. But what if you could help their final days include the things they treasure — like their favorite song playing, who is at their bedside, even the scent of a candle in the room — so … Read more
By Judith Graham Thursday, January 06, 2022 (Kaiser News) — For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming terminally ill — living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders, and other written materials expressing treatment preferences. Now, a group of prominent experts is saying those efforts should stop because they haven’t … Read more
“I have reached the conclusion that the very real burdens in the particular circumstances AH is in, with the prospect of no change and more probably a continued deterioration which may last many months of treatment, with the risk of an infection and dying away from her family, outweigh those very considerable benefits,” she said. … Read more
Specialists had said the woman was the “most complicated” Covid patient in the world. Source link
Nov. 1, 2021 — In pre-pandemic times, end-of-life care professionals tried to make sure loved ones were at the bedside when a patient had only hours or days to live. Like many aspects of medicine, COVID-19 upended that ritual, leaving many people to die alone in isolation, restricted to one visitor for an hour or … Read more