Deathly Silence
at 12:57pm on Thursday, 12th January 2006
In response to the setting up of the cross-party Dying Well group, which will focus on the improved provision and equal distribution of end-of-life care, I have written a comment piece for the Guardian arguing that as long as we don't talk more openly about death and dying it is impossible for us to enable a good death. In order for us to be able to articulate our specific needs when we die and make positive choices about how we do so, we need to feel comfortable talking about death more generally throughout our lives. This proposition is at the heart of a Demos project we are currently developing and which aims to generate a more open and honest debate about death and dying and what a good death might mean for all of us.
In response to the setting up of the cross-party Dying Well group, which will focus on the improved provision and equal distribution of end-of-life care, I have written a comment piece for the Guardian arguing that as long as we don't talk more openly about death and dying it is impossible for us to enable a good death. In order for us to be able to articulate our specific needs when we die and make positive choices about how we do so, we need to feel comfortable talking about death more generally throughout our lives. This proposition is at the heart of a Demos project we are currently developing and which aims to generate a more open and honest debate about death and dying and what a good death might mean for all of us.
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