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A cross-disciplinary symposium held at Barts Pathology Museum, London 26 September 2015. Medical professionals, lawyers, ethicists, policy makers, humanities scholars, cultural practitioners and patient...
The NHS is there to make our final days as dignified and pain-free as possible. But as a devastating health service ombudsman report has shown, the reality can be very different. For the first time,...
Every day in the U.S. about twenty people die waiting for transplant organs, because there are not enough donors. DYING TO LIVE, produced over eighteen months, tells the stories of four hopeful organ...
A film of a courageous 80-year-old retired surgeon with terminal cancer facing his final days with the help of a loving family and a supportive hospice team. We see him with his family and carers as he takes...
Dr Leora Kuttner, an internationonal expert in paediatric pain management looks at the emerging field of paediatric palliative care. The film profiles five children with life threatening illness, and the...
When a life-threatening disorder is diagnosed in a child, how can we help the child, his family and his carers to cope with their feelings? Knowledge of child development as well as understanding of how...
Follows the final months in the life of Chris Brotherton, a fashion photographer who had suffered for 12 years from a debilitating brain tumour. Shows his final family holiday with his wife and son, the care...
A series dealing practically and sensitively with death, dying and bereavement. It aims to help ease the apprehension and anxiety we feel about death and also provides a practical advice and experiences to...
Pain is not inevitable in the dying patient but for some patients it can be a major problem requiring careful management. Discusses pain assessment and the principles of opiate therapy. Explains in detail...
It is not the case that all pain problems can be dealt with by morphine and often other medications are needed to control them adequately. Cancer pains are classified according to their underlying pathology....
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