This afternoon I described death.
In the Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Network for Dementia we are working to increase knowledge and understanding of delirium. This is a state of reversible confusion and disorientation that occurs […]
Manor Field Surgery Blog #5 DNACPR
100 years ago, dying in your sleep in your 70’s was the considered a good-innings. Where will we be in another 100 years?
Death
Sorry to start your Sunday morning with a morbid topic, but there you go. I have been thinking about my experiences of death – indeed those of any doctor working […]
Death
OK. This might not be the best title for Boxing Day. I can’t get away from it however; Perhaps The writing will help me move-on. Last night I watched […]
Bacteria
Better to fail in a failed system than to undertake an experiment with the same outcome.
Dead
Dead, the moment the breathing ceases and, the heart stops. Relaxation of muscles, slackening of tone sighing-out of self and, move-on to the next stage, the next phase of […]
Tell me what has been happening.
This is how I often start, begin the conversation, listen to the story from the perspective of the husband or wife, son or daughter. They tell me about my […]
Death by drowning
It is like squeezing in to too small shoes. It can be done, it is awkward and, you can get about, but you look odd and you will soon get blisters.
