Hospices - Palliative Care

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Laurie Taylor explores the history of 'easeful death'. Also, daily life in an English hospice.

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Palliative medicine and care: Laurie Taylor talks to David Clarke, Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Glasgow, about his social history of 'easeful death'. Also, daily life in an English Hospice. Danny Miller, Professor of Anthropology at UCL, explores kinship, loneliness and community amongst people suffering from terminal or long term illness.
Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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Mon 30 Oct 201700:15

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Danny Miller, Professor of Anthropology at UCL.

David Clark, Professor and Welcome Trust Investigator in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Glasgow.

The Comfort of People (2017) by Daniel Miller.

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