Category Archives: care giving

Refusal of artificial feeding as a natural part of dying Judith Ahronheim, MD Adapted extract from an article entitled ‘Artificial feeding: what’s involved?’ by Judith Ahronheim, MD, Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine at Mt. Sinai Medical School, New York … Continue reading →

Improving care of the dying in residential care homes People in residential care and nursing homes might well like to talk more about death and dying, according to a study by Katherine Phillips at the Royal Star and Garter Home … Continue reading →

A Good Death – A guide for patients and carers facing terminal illness at home by Dr Elizabeth Lee, published by Rosendale Press (10 Greycoat Place, London SW1P 1SB, tel 020 7 222 8866), 1995, 188 pages, £8-99 (£1 extra … Continue reading →

A Death Plantaken from The Natural Death Centre About a third of us in the UK get around to making a Will, which specifies our wishes for what should happen after our death, as regards our funeral and our children … Continue reading →

Facing Death and Finding Hope – A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the DyingReview of Presentation by Christine Longaker at the NHO National Conference, Dallas, November, 1998 by Paul Barry Christine Longaker, author of Facing Death and … Continue reading →

Death and Eastern Thought, Frederick H. Holck editorAbingdon Press, NY 1974 I came upon this book at the local library and half heartedly picked it up for a quick look as it seem rather dated. I was pleasantly surprised. It … Continue reading →