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I feel the need to say something that's not 'in my lane.'When media coverage of suicide rises, so do suicides.Commentary on the @Oprah interview with the Sussexes has been lacking

How should we help teenagers to understand and accompany a dying relative?Here are some ideas and suggestions: I know the experts on Twitter will come in to support @healinghappily in

This is heartbreaking.We're caught between the potential loss of lives if covid gets into a care home & the actual loss of living while we deprive residents of contact with

Deathbeds. Some thoughts. A thread.Most of us haven't seen somebody die in real life. We get our inner pictures from TV dramas, cinema screens, media stories. We've had more of

Great discussion with young adult family today about how to respond when we are in conversation with someone who makes a racist remark.They wanted to challenge, not be silently complicit,

Before #COVID19 I tended to think bereavement support was not integral to palliative care, fearing we might 'medicalise' grief.During a period when family life is disrupted & beloveds are separated

Interesting that we're describing #COVID19 as 'a great leveller.' And yet:1. In UK, restrictive rules about community opioid availability mean that breathlessness, easy to relieve with small doses of morphine,

@WeDistrictNurse are you managing to get domi oxygen for covid patients who want to remain at home? If so, how long does it take to arrive?Please say whether you're in

Good Q, @rbcmmn.One CCG has sent patients this 'essay' to let them think, reflect & talk to family about, along with a letter to say 'We'll be contacting you to

Thread.We are breaking unwelcome news all day for #COVID19.The @NHSEngland @NHS_HealthEdEng support kit for all those #UnwelcomeNews conversations is here: https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/605650Choose 'View' (no need to log in)C

It would be so useful if people who found #WithTheEndInMind helpful in supporting family conversations would re-tweet this link to a 7-day free download thanks to @WmCollinsBooks http://ow.ly/ZiqP50z1awK Tell us your

Thinking about using November as a Doing Death month.Could we make November Resolutions? Things like:Use the D-words for these 30 days: say dying, death, dead instead of seriously ill, the