What does it mean to ‘die well’? How can we care for those who are developing dementia? Is assisted suicide ever a good solution? End-of-life care throws up a number of ethical challenges, and in October 2016 I spoke at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, about these issues. You can watch the lecture below:
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Lecture: Ethical dilemmas in end-of-life care
So many of us are afraid of death, and this fear seems to drive so much of the debate around dying
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