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Tag Archives: assisted suicide
“Hayley Safe in NHS Hands?”
(Continued from “Hayley Home Alone”). What if Hayley went into hospital? Terminally ill plus a fall or a call and you’re back in hospital – i.e. any accident or call to your GP at an inconvenient hour like night-time or … Continue reading
“Hayley Home Alone”
(Continued from “Hayley Comes a Cropper”). What if Hayley Cropper had lived at home alone? Sent home with a diagnosis of terminal cancer, only headlines and TV to turn to. No time or motivation for bucket lists and happy endings. … Continue reading
“Hayley Comes a Cropper”
For the past few months Britain’s most popular TV soap has been running the storyline that a key, long-serving character – Hayley Cropper – has terminal cancer. Three nights a week “Coronation Street” took us through the emotional roller coaster … Continue reading
“An Unfortunate Juxta Position”
There was a classic example of how attitudes towards older people are slowly and surreptitiously changing in two articles in The Times on 18th September. Two small articles on separate pages which will have gone unnoticed by most people. Sub-editors … Continue reading
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“An Unholy Trinity”
The Trinity is a sacred alliance that stands up for good over evil. The end of a life should be the celebration of all that has been good in a person’s lifetime. There are positive things to draw out of … Continue reading
“Is this Pain Management ?”
There are a great many elderly Americans who move to Florida to retire. Private health care is big business over there. Small clinics are springing up all over the place – for back pain, for arthritis, for rehabilitation and for cancer … Continue reading
“Dignified Death”
Within days of writing a sceptical piece on Euthanasia (see “Dying to Meet You” dated 5th January), I read a thought-provoking article in the Daily Mail on the 8th December written by Geraldine McClelland and published after her assisted suicide at … Continue reading
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