Between 2019 and 2023, I led a research study called Dying in the Margins. This was funded by UKRI and supported by Marie Curie. The study was an attempt to better understand the experiences of people dying at home in circumstances of financial hardship and deprivation in the UK. Uniquely, we used a variety of visual methods to capture… Continue reading
Written by Annemarie Samuels and David Clark The contribution of the social sciences to the field of palliative and end of life care has been steadily growing in recent decades. With that we see emerging centres of interest: conducting research and teaching students in areas such as sociology, anthropology, psychology or health and social policy. New… Continue reading
The recent invasion of the National Guard into Washington DC has been unsettling to many across the US and the world. One of the reasons the current Trump administration has given as to the need for the national guard to be in the capitol is homelessness. Trump has ordered unhoused residents out of Washington DC… Continue reading
On 29th November 2024 the U.K.’s House of Commons voted in favour (330 to 275) of giving Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill a second reading in the UK parliamentary process. This was a momentous moment in the history of the right-to-die movement which I have been researching for nearly… Continue reading
Today (13th May 2025), the 129 members of the Scottish Parliament vote on whether the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) bill passes to stage 2 and makes its way towards becoming an Act of Parliament. It is 10 years since Scottish politicians voted on the issue and the international picture has changed considerably… Continue reading
Written by Michelle Sok I HE, MSc in End of Life Studies When I first planned my 20-day spring trip across the UK and Northern Europe, I expected good coffee and tea, grey skies, and the occasional rocky castle and cathedral. What I did not expect was to walk into a series of deeply human… Continue reading
Access to quick and sufficient financial support can mean the difference between a dignified end-of-life and significant hardship for terminally ill people. However, recent UK government welfare reforms propose big changes to disability benefits, notably Personal Independence Payment (PIP), with tougher rules aimed at reducing welfare spending by around £5 billion annually by 2030. But… Continue reading
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
