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Celia Kitzinger
@KitzingerCelia
Hon Prof Cardiff,Co-Director @OpenJusticeCOP + @CDOCuk Mental Capacity Law -plus Cumbrian life! Mostly on Bluesky now - same handle - follow me there!
Lake District, England
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
Joined August 2014
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Feb 12, 2021
    Today I cried in court. I was watching 3 lovely, articulate, passionate young women (the older 2 just out of their teens) come to terms with the fact that their Dad was going to die. Doctors believed that continuing life-sustaining treatment was not in his best interests.
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Feb 13, 2021
    Replying to @KitzingerCelia
    By the end of the hearing I'm emotionally exhausted -and all I did was watch. For the family, the judge, the doctors, the lawyers involved it must have felt gruelling. I witnessed such care, compassion + courage today. The court at its best. #NotSecretCourt
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Aug 27, 2022
    Shocked our young waiter who asked "is it a special occasion?" "Our wedding anniversary!" "How long have you been married?" I said 19 years, adding we'd got married in Canada as same-sex marriage wasn't lawful in England in 2003. He hadn't known marriage equality was so recent.
    Celia and Sue in restaurant with cake and wine!
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Sep 28, 2021
    A GP has just told me that someone's advance decision to refuse a feeding tube if, as her dementia progresses, she becomes unable to eat and drink, is "euthanasia", unethical + unlawful. I can't believe we're STILL having these kinds of discussions.
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Dec 3, 2019
    Replying to @ReadingExplorer
    Horrendous that "being outed" is even still a thing today. As someone who came out as lesbian in 1973, I really thought the world had moved on! So sorry that someone maliciously forced you into this position. But welcome and congratulations!
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Oct 19, 2019
    My 92 year old father on his first ever protest march today! #PeoplesVote #PeoplesVoteMarch #StopBrexitMarch #VoteTheDealDown #FinalSay
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    LIz Fahy
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    Oct 19, 2019
    And we are off #PeoplesVote @JennyKitzinger
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Feb 15, 2020
    Distressing convo today. Her 98yo mother was fitted w PEG after stroke (+ died 9 months later). "When I told Consultant she'd not want the feeding tube, he said 'so you want to starve yr Mum to death?' After that I didn't feel I could say more." She's "haunted by the cruelty".
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Jun 14, 2018
    Along with many other women championing @FernRiddell I've changed my Twitter name to show I have a PhD by adding the prefix "Dr". I'm honestly also rather proud of "Mrs" too - having campaigned long + hard for same-sex marriage. Would "Dr Mrs Kitzinger" be over-doing it?
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Mar 29, 2021
    My mother, Sheila Kitzinger, would have been 92 today. I SO wish I could tell her about @OpenJusticeCoP (with a court-ordered caesarean the other day) + @cdoc I learnt so much about campaigning + social justice from her. She'd love what we're doing.
    Sheila Kitzinger obituary
    From theguardian.com
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Sep 7, 2019
    Hi @Drinkaware - puzzling about this message. I think I'm an adult - but since I'm a woman, maybe no?
    Recommendation - adults not to exceed 3-4 units daily + women 2-3 units daily
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Mar 29, 2018
    My mother, childbirth researcher and activist Sheila Kitzinger, would have been 89 today buff.ly/2GfQlDt So pleased to see many others building on her work, improving childbirth for mothers and babies. @Humanisingbirth @HackneyDoula @WeMidwives @MaryNewburn1 @RCObsGyn
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Feb 15, 2021
    This is a really powerful letter from ICU doctors to a C-19 patient who refused a ventilator believing it would only prolong her suffering and not increase the length or quality of her life. Doctors agreed with her. #criticalcare readcube.com/articles/10.10…
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Oct 18, 2018
    Patient tips to help doctors to talk about death and dying. Try asking, "Can we talk about palliative care please - in case the treatment doesn't work" - and don't be fobbed off by attempts at reassurance or "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it". Start the conversation!
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    Compassion in Dying
    @AGoodDeath
    Oct 5, 2018
    Our new report reveals that people are only too ready to talk about death and dying – but often, their doctors are not. We want to help change this reality – for patients and GPs alike. compassionindying.org.uk/library/advanc…
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    May 17, 2023
    ** Uwe Kitzinger 12 April 1928 - 16 May 2023 ** My father died yesterday morning while on holiday in France, at the age of 95. I'm remembering the good times and a life well-lived.
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    Celia Kitzinger
    @KitzingerCelia
    Apr 14, 2018
    Celebrating my father Uwe Kitzinger's 90th birthday - 3 days of family gatherings + trips out (including Macbeth @TheRSC which he loved!) nuffield.ox.ac.uk/people/profile…
    Sue and Celia seated either side of Uwe in a restaurant - all smiling. Uwe has rhubarb meringue with "Happy Birthday" written in berry coulis on his plate.
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