"On 30 October 2017 I had just landed at Heathrow from
Melbourne. I had the strangest feeling I should not go directly to bed. I
wondered if I should visit my mother, Margaret Black, a 92 year old retired
anaesthetist living very independently in a warden assisted housing complex in
Kent. At midday I got a call from my sister—mum had developed abdominal pain,
pressed the alarm button, and phoned her GP. Could I go?
There is much discussion about the right of an individual to
die, but not enough about the role of relatives and friends" Dr. Black's essay is powerfully resonant with
our lives.
Black ME. Death is no
longer just in the hands of god or fate, but often a decision. BMJ. 2018 May 22;361:k2217.
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