Megan is an MSW (Masters of Social Work) and works in end of life research at the University of Missouri. She is the host of Death Cafe St. Joe, runs the Death Cafe Facebook page and was a board member of Death Cafe London.
Read moreFive Things I want you to know about the realities of CPR by nurse Claire Cox.
Claire has been a nurse for 22 years. Much of her career has been in the Acute sector within the NHS. Spending over ten years specialising in coronary care and seven years as a critical care outreach sister, she has been involved in hundreds of cardiac arrests.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learned from having a dead dad, by Sophie Ratcliffe.
Sophie Ratcliffe is the author of The Lost Properties of Love. Her father died of cancer when she was thirteen.
Read moreFive Things I learnt when my mother died from cancer by Ellie Reid.
Ellie is an artist who lives and works in London. Having experienced the death of several family members in relatively short succession, death, grief and loss are themes that have been explored in her work.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt about the end of life as a hospital chaplain by Sarah Crane.
Sarah is a Baptist Minister and after a hospice placement whilst doing a Masters has been Chaplain at Milton Keynes University Hospital since 2014.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learned from losing both parents by Barbara O'Donnell.
Barbara is a Senior Operating Department Practitioner with 25 years experience in the NHS.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learnt about grief, by Merryn Gott.
Merryn became interested in palliative and end of life care when working as a volunteer with children affected and infected with HIV/AIDS as a teenager. Over the past 25 years she has been gifted many stories of dying and grieving by her research participants, as well as having experienced her own bereavements.
Read moreFive Things I’ve realised after facing continual misdiagnosis and subsequently a life-threatening illness by Cressi Sowerbutts.
Cressi was diagnosed with a rare form of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in October 2018.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt since being told I'm 'terminal', by Fi Munro.
Fi is a multi award winning researcher, author, blogger and speaker with a very dark sense of humour, recognised internationally for her presentations and articles on her journey and the importance of holistic health.
Read moreFive Things we've learnt from supporting 44,000 people to plan ahead by Compassion in Dying.
Compassion in Dying can help you prepare for the end of life - how to talk about it, plan for it, and record your wishes.
Read moreFive Things to help you know the person with the illness by Leeroy William.
Associate Professor Leeroy William is a Palliative Medicine Specialist in Melbourne, Australia. He has worked in Palliative Care across the UK, New Zealand and Australia.
Read moreFive Things I wish people knew about children’s palliative care by Dr Kate Woodthorpe.
Kate is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. She is Mum to two children. Her son was born was a life threatening condition and spent 3 months in NICU.
Read moreFive Things I wish I’d known about neonatal intensive care by Dr Kate Woodthorpe.
Kate is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. She is Mum to two children. Her son was born was a life threatening condition and spent 3 months in NICU.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt about funerals as a progressive funeral director by Rosie Grant.
Rosie is a progressive funeral directer with eighteen years experience in the world of funerals. She is particularly interested in how we create meaningful ritual when organised religion is less relevant to many communities.
Read moreFive Things I've learned about grief since my son was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive and life limiting muscle wasting disease by Lizzie Deeble.
Lizzie is mummy to Sebastian (five) and Toby (two and a half). Sebastian lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive and life-limiting muscle wasting disease as well as Autism and associated delays.
Read moreFive Things I want you to know about losing a parent, by Alyx Brown.
Alyx’s father died 12 years ago. She now works at Pilgrims Hospices promoting openly talking about death and dying.
Read moreFive Things this A&E Consultant wants you to know about CPR by Dr James Gagg.
Dr James Gagg is a consultant in Emergency Medicine and the Clinical Director of an A&E department. He is also the team doctor for the Exmoor Search & Rescue Team. He believes it is so important for patients and families to consider and plan for what they would want if and when they become seriously ill or are nearing the end of their lives so that the focus of care can be on a good life, rather than a bad death.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt from trying to live without my mum, by Carrie Smith.
Carrie’s mum died from sepsis as a result of terminal breast cancer at the age of 59.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt after losing both my parents to cancer within 3 years of each other by Rosie Hunnam
Rosie’s parents died from cancer within three years of each other.
Read moreFive Things I've discovered whilst re-imagining death and dying by Ivor Williams.
Ivor Williams is a designer, developing new ways of thinking about and experiencing death and dying in the 21st century. He leads the end-of-life care projects at the Helix Centre, an innovation design lab inside the Institute for Global Health Innovation led by Lord Ara Darzi at St Mary’s Hospital in London.
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