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The Project on Death in America: twenty years on

Published on: September 11, 2014 Author: David Clark Leave a comment

To paraphrase the Beatles, it was 20 years ago this summer that a remarkable group of clinicians, academics and activists got together under the patronage of the billionaire philanthropist, George Soros, to create an initiative with the disarming goal of transforming the culture of dying – in a society that is perhaps more death… Continue reading →

Pick of the week – imagining medicine, mapping voices of the bereaved, and how Americans die

Published on: April 29, 2014 Author: David Clark Leave a comment

As the volume of new commentary and information on end of life issues increases it can be hard to step back from the daily flow of material. I’ve always enjoyed the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Pick of the Week’, so from time to time on the blog I will pick out some of the… Continue reading →