Do we need a culture shift in the way we approach death in the UK?

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Do we need a culture shift in the way we approach death in the UK?

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People across the country are dying in ways they have not planned for - that's if they have planned at all. [Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News...]
The charity Compassion in Dying says we need a culture shift in the way we approach death in the UK.
In polling shared exclusively with Channel 4 News 1 in 4 people said that the last close relative or friend who died received medical treatment they would not have wanted. They also found more than 4 in 5 people people would want to prioritise their quality of life over living longer in the last years of their life.
But as doctors have told this programme, there also needs to be better training for clinicians dealing with patients at the end of their lives.
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@shanlockwood3772 Ай бұрын

This was so similar to what happened to my mum who had macular degeneration of the eyes and couldn't see, who had had a stroke and couldn't talk or walk. At 91 years the junior doctor insisted on antibiotics as she had 'to be given a chance'. In the end we insisted on seeing a consultant who agreed for treatment to stop. But these conversations were had in busy corridors, I asked but there was nowhere private to go, my mum was on a ward with 4 others and we weren't allowed to stay the night so she died without us which is something I will never get over. It should never have been such a battle as I knew my mum's wishes and I just wanted her to have a peaceful death with her family around her.

@carolwhite6979 Ай бұрын

yes. Just because you can do something, does not mean you should! Peace and dignity in dying, without having to fight for it!

@jeffkitson9565 Ай бұрын

Euthanasia is the last dignity of the dying. It's crazy we don't let people end their lives in peace. It's much more to do with the livings fear of death, than the needs of those who are about to die.

@adamchadwick81 Ай бұрын

If I was diagnosed with a terminal illness or chronic health condition that would lead me to being completely disabled then I would want to die. This should not be a controversial issue My grandparents passed away recently. They went down in the worst possible way and it was hard to imagine how they used to be. If they were in their right mind knowing how bad it would get and how it would deprive them of their identity there is no way they would have wanted to live through that needlessly suffering. They would have wanted to die no question about it

@lisadefries6718 Ай бұрын

Government would be delighted by your response it would mean less expense on medical bills etc. seriously until someone in that position you dont know how you would actually feel you are guessing. My grandmother lived to 98 she had a hard life but a well lived life she danced and had lots of friends she ate fresh foods and never owned a car , for years she filling herself up with prescribed pills from her 50’s onwards . She giggled her way through life and had lots of hobbies and interests she never had much cash but wow did she leave a big hole. She worked on health she would do stretches everyday she would take sensible health precautions and enjoy a little of what she liked that translates as chocolate and cakes. She ate an apple a day which didnt keep the doctor totally away as by all accounts he fancied her and asked for her hand in marriage several times 😂 but basically dont be negative about the future . When my nanny at 98 eventually got sick enough to pass away she said to my mum. That she had a good life but she was ready……… we are now living in a world where people living to that age are considered an economic drain. Dont get sucked in. Yes a few people with very serious conditions may need medical assistance to pass away but that is a very very few. The rest of this debate is about economics and it sucks. What is life without love and hope.

@adamchadwick81 Ай бұрын

@@lisadefries6718 For a lot of people with severe health problems, on the mental side you would be in a completely different conscious place if you were at a severe stage of decline. A much lower conscious place so whether in that moment you would want to die or not doesn’t reflect you as you were at your fullest. This is why people want these decisions to be made when they are in their right mind. I can only imagine what dementia is like but I would say aside from severe memory loss it is also twinned with severe brain fog. You are absolutely not alert and not with it. Your identity is different ultimately - you regress mentally very significantly. It is a much lower state of consciousness and I would really not want to be have to be kept alive like that To consider whether you would want to die or not if you were to ever reach that stage can really only be properly considered from a higher state of consciousness. There’s also the whole notion we have around death. I’m not going into that here but as a society we are deeply disconnected from spirit. I think the economic point you mentioned is a red herring. For people that feel strongly about it economics has nothing to do with it. It is about suffering and the right to your own body. The body may die but consciousness doesn’t

@beewa8840 Ай бұрын

I thought there was a section in the medical records for this.🤔

@fabolvaskarika7940 Ай бұрын

That’s my fear as well. And as I’m fairly young, I’m afraid they would overrule my wishes, despite I suffer from debilitating conditions nearly three decades and I have more and more complications…

@bassekaman8315 Ай бұрын

NHS staff dont give a toss aBout your wIsHeS you are just a number to them

@maykolee Ай бұрын

Where’s the news on Leeds riots?

@Teyyz3zh Ай бұрын

#cripmac

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