Christmas reflections
The past flits and flutters back into my thoughts and alights on the branches of memory: Snowdrifts in front of Selby Abbey glowing in the warmth of Christmas lights, echoing …
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Rebecca, a retired physician, often feels anxious and overwhelmed. Now wheelchair bound due to Parkinson’s disease, she’s frustrated by immobility and memory loss caused by dementia. But, when her brother, …
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Back on October 25, 2014, a group of twenty-two delegates from across the globe gathered in a downtown Vancouver hotel on a rainy Saturday morning to look at ways of …
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I was a post-war baby. In recent years I’ve realised just how much the war and its aftermath shaped the atmosphere of the world I grew up in. I knew …
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In my previous blog, I looked at the concept of relational care – creating a network of support based on mutuality of affection, knowledge, and acceptance – and proposed that: …
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The past 18 months have been a tragic and brutal reminder of the impacts of serious illness, dying and bereavement. Whilst individual experiences have varied greatly, COVID-19 has highlighted an …
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It’s easy to feel that an interest in ethics or philosophy is only loosely connected to everyday life, but of course the theories they generate can be investigated and evidenced …
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