As familiarity with dying diminishes, we have witnessed a growth in movements aiming to increase awareness or control over the dying process. We have, argues Lyn Loftland (1978), entered an age of ‘thanatological chic’. Yet our understanding about attending to dying minds is often limited and unconscious processes close to death can be overlooked. This weekend event considers being ‘mortally wounded’, when we, or others close to us, become sick enough to die. We will reflect on stories of Soul Pain, Death & Healing. To help us travel, this event will be a unique collaboration.
Friday evening – ONLINE – Chair Dr Dale Mathers
- DYING TODAY – Dr Libby Sallnow 20 minutes
- THE UNCONSCIOUS AT THE END OF LIFE Meg Bisset 20 minutes
- Panel Q&A – Dr Jon Martin, Dr Libby Sallnow, Ivor William, Imo Eastwood, Meg Bisset
- ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS: WHAT HAPPENS AS WE DIE?
Continued at venue – Essex Church – Saturday June 15
- THE END OF LIFE (see Sat/Weekend Seminars)
- Meg Bisset, Jungian Analyst & Psychodynamic Psychotherapist . Dr Dale Mathers, Jungian Analyst & Writer
- Dr Libby Sallnow, Palliative Medicine Consultant CNWL, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer St Christopher’s Hospice and the UCL Marie Curie Research Department, UK and guest professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. Honorary Consultant at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care in Kerala, India. First author for the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death.
- Dr Jon Martin, Palliative Medicine Consultant, CNWL & UCLH (National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery).
- Imo Eastwood, End of Life Transformation Manager, Clinical Nurse Specialist, CNWL
- Ivor Williams, Design Leader working in health, care & innovation, Lead for end of life care, Institute of Global Health Innovation.
