Recently, I had the privilege of being interviewed by Dr Karen Wyatt on the End of Life University podcast. Our conversation delved into the unique aspects of the End of Life Studies programme here at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, as well as the broader implications for end-of-life care and education worldwide. This year… Continue reading
This blog is written by a recent graduate of our program, Gina Tarditi, MSc. After finishing the two-year taught part of the End of Life Studies MSc program, I had to pick a dissertation topic for independent study and research. Living in Mexico City, and having worked in cancer care, I was particularly interested in… Continue reading
LeftPhoto by Juli Vo on Unsplash. Right Photo by Gary Ellis on Unsplash. Over the last three years, through my work as a Research Associate on the Dying in the Margins study, I have come to understand the ways in which financial hardship can shape end of life experiences. For the Dying in the Margins… Continue reading
The aim of the Dying in the Margins research project has been to explore how socio-economic circumstances shape end-of-life experiences. Open conversations about financial hardship are important, and increasingly so in the context of rising poverty rates due to inflation and the cost of living crisis. Yet, throughout our study, we observed that there can… Continue reading
The following is an edited transcript of a conversation between Dr Marian Krawczyk and Carla Booke, CNS who is an MSc student in the End of the Life Studies Programme at the University of Glasgow and is currently conducting research for her final dissertation project. You can find out more about her experiences in the… Continue reading
“Total pain” is the term used within hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care to describe pain which is complex and overwhelming, and which encompasses physical, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions. It is an attempt to encapsulate experiences of suffering that are unique to advancing life-limiting illness, the end of life, and dying. The term was first… Continue reading
This blog piece was written by Charlotte Luke, a writer from Inverness, who is also part of the RSE-funded DeathWrites network of 30 Scotland-based writers. Last year, around 8 months after my dad died in a hillwalking accident, I heard about the DeathWrites Network, a group of writers tackling the subjects of death, dying and… Continue reading
This review was written by Kelly Oberle and Jennifer Rigal, both students on the End of Life Studies MSc programme at the University of Glasgow. In the fall of 2021, as students on the Assisted Dying: Rhetorics and Reality module in the End of Life Studies MSc program at the University of Glasgow, we were… Continue reading
