As well as death in old age, chapters cover miscarriage, death from road accidents, and talking with children about death. There are also practical chapters which include making a Will; making an Advanced Decision (whether you want to be resuscitated if your heart stops) and other questions we should be aware of. It is a book for adults at any stage.
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Weight: 282g
Dimensions: 135 x 224mm
Publication Date: 21 Mar 2024
Publisher: Dictum
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781915934031
About Elaine SugdenGareth TuckwellMartin DownPhilip Giddings
Elaine Sugden worked in Leeds in the 1970s as a doctor of children with leukaemia before moving with her family to India for six years. From 1984 she worked in adult oncology in Oxford and from 1995 as a consultant treating adults and children with cancer. She wrote her contributions to this book after retiring in 2013 based on her years as a practising doctor. Elaine continues to be involved in a European organization working for those treated for cancer when children. Her booklet Caring for People with Cancer based on a series of seminars in India was published in 1998. Philip Giddings taught at the University of Reading from 1972 until his retirement as Head of the School of Politics and International Relations in 2011. Philip was an elected member of the Church of England General Synod from 1985-2015 and of Archbishops' Council from 2001-2015 and he chaired its Mission and Public Affairs Council from 2003-2011. He has twice been widowed. His other publications are in the field of Parliamentary affairs and the Ombudsman institution. Martin Down is an Anglican priest who served in country parishes in Lincolnshire and Norfolk until 2012 when he retired to live in Oxfordshire. Martin is author of several books including The Best Is Yet To Be: Being happy in retirement and old age (2012) and The Christian Hope: A guide to life after death (2016). Gareth Tuckwell was Medical Director of Burrswood Christian Hospital and CEO from 1986-2012 and Medical Director and Clinical Director at Hospice in the Weald from 2003-2007. He has been involved with Macmillan Cancer Support as both a regional director and trustee. Until 2020 he chaired Sanctuary Trust and the ME Trust. He remains vice-president of Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care. Gareth contributed to 'A Time to Heal' a report for the House of Bishops in 2000 A Question of Healing (Eagle 2000) and Transforming Health (MARC 2005).