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Kathryn Mannix
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Retired palliative care doctor. Writer: 'With the End in Mind', 'Listen.' Wants us to understanding dying more, fear it less, listen better. Rep: @DHAbooks
Northumberland, UK.
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    Kathryn Mannix
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    Oct 29, 2024
    'Dying is not as bad as you think' | BBC Ideas youtu.be/CruBRZh8quc?fe… via @YouTube New home for this @bbcideas video To embed: Choose 'share' Choose 'embed' Site will provide you with an embed code for your own website (BBC doesn't enable downloads). x.com/bbcideas/statu…
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    Sep 11, 2022
    What can we learn from the death of the #Queen? The world has watched her live through the process of #OrdinaryDying, and yet dying went unspoken, un-named. Let's notice what nobody mentioned: we all saw the Queen going through the stages of ordinary dying. A 🧵... 1/
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    Sep 11, 2022
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    What can we learn? That dying is inevitable, recognisable, describable, and that we can prepare for it. The Queen had clearly planned ahead. That at the edge of life, we can still enjoy love, and peace, and companions. That we need to get familiar with dying. 12/12
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    Aug 21, 2024
    What courage. Good luck to them all. Afghan women arrive in Edinburgh to finish medical degrees denied under Taliban
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    Kathryn Mannix
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    Aug 6, 2019
    #TipsForNewDocs Some patients are sick enough to die. They may pull through. They might not. Say 'sick enough to die' to pt & family. Not 'serious.' Not 'critical.' Not 'unstable.' Name death as a possibility, & plan good #eol care in parallel with current treatment plan. 1/
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    Kathryn Mannix
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    Nov 26, 2019
    This @bbcideas video has passed 3m views on Facebook. @BBC ideas has confirmed that it is available for people to use by embedding into their own websites: embed code in my tweet below. #Itstimetotalkaboutdying
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    Kathryn Mannix
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    Sep 11, 2022
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    Dying in plain sight, camouflaged by briefings about 'mobility issues' and medical advice to 'rest.' Because like anyone else, the Queen was entitled to some privacy about her health, and to die away from the public gaze. But we all saw the process. Rest in peace, Ma'am. 11/
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    Kathryn Mannix
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    Apr 30, 2022
    This moment. An interval of joy for a family facing the end of Dad's life very soon. @widow_waiting is keeping her diary here. Her courage & dignity are astonishing. We can't choose what happens but we can choose how to respond. This account is a lesson in living.
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    Widow in Waiting
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    Apr 30, 2022
    Miracles *do* happen. We’re beyond thrilled to announce the safe arrival of our daughter. Today, I placed her in her daddy’s arms. They may only have a short time together but his love will last her a lifetime. #TerminalCancer #AnticipatoryGrief #EndOfLifeCare
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    Kathryn Mannix
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    Sep 11, 2022
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    She has demonstrated the phases of ordinary dying to us all. How dying is mainly living, after all. And how, in the end, we can all plan ahead, address the unfinished business in our lives, and die with symptoms well-managed, even in our own bed if circumstances permit. 10/
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    Kathryn Mannix
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    Jul 6, 2021
    😷 I'll still be wearing a mask: *for those who are vulnerable *for those who are afraid *for those awaiting vaccination *because delta is more transmissable *yet-to-arise mutations may be more dangerous *long covid is serious *it's not a big burden to be kind #MaskForOthers
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    Kathryn Mannix
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    May 12, 2022
    Thanks for inviting me to talk about the very end of life this morning @BBCBreakfast. I'd love you to post a clip of that description of the dying process for people to watch. It's so important we talk about dying calmly & with understanding. Love & thanks to @bowelbabe.
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    Kathryn Mannix
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    May 13, 2018
    I found this profoundly moving. Japanese transplant surgeons bow to the donor after taking their life-saving organs. This @DyingMatters week, sign up for the @NHSOrganDonor register or local equivalent. #givethegiftoflife
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    Kathryn Mannix
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    Sep 8, 2022
    Oh @BBC - Please use your D-words. There is dignity in the language of death, used with compassion & kindness. Let's give that dignity to the Queen. Those closest to her are not resorting to euphemisms. Neither should you.
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    Sep 11, 2022
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    Once at her beloved Balmoral, the break with tradition in asking the outgoing and new Prime Ministers to attend her there was a sign that she was now too tired to travel. All of us in palliative care recognised what was unfolding. Yet dying remained un-named. 8/