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Nancy Preston

@nancypreston.bsky.social

Professor and Supportive and Palliative Care and Co-Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University

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Nancy Preston@nancypreston.bsky.social · last yr.

We comment on the recent implementation assessment on assisted dying in the UK in The Conversation

Lancaster University@lancasteruni.bsky.social · last yr.

As the assisted dying debate continues, Prof Nancy Preston of the IOELC and Prof Suzanne Ost of Lancaster Uni Law School explore the 5 questions that need answering before it can work in practice 👇 @nancypreston.bsky.social | @ioelc.bsky.social | @lulawcrim.bsky.social | @uk.theconversation.com

Nancy Preston@nancypreston.bsky.social · 2y ago

Seems to be a lot more on assisted dying leading up to the parliamentary debate on Friday. We have conducted research in a number of countries of first hand accounts of families and healthcare workers which is complex, and summarised in this paper theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...

Assisted dying: first-hand accounts of what it’s like to help a loved one die

Choosing to hasten one’s death is an intensely personal, carefully considered decision. But it is rarely made in isolation.

theconversation.com

Nancy Preston@nancypreston.bsky.social · 2y ago

Really important study and links with what we are trying to do on two European studies for patients with cancer palliativeprojects.eu/palcycles/ and COPD eupal-copd.eu

Palliative care yields cancer wellbeing support - PAL-CYCLES

Pal-Cycles is a project funded by the European Commission that aims to find the optimal transition model between the hospital and home.

palliativeprojects.eu

Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol@capcbristol.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hospital teams rarely share information about patients' limited life expectancy with GPs, even though GPs find this very helpful in planning patient care. Research by Lucy Pocock & @lucyselman.bsky.social et al. published in @bjgp.bsky.social & covered in Pulse: pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...