Idris Baker
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Palliative medicine doc in Wales. Spectacular views all from my own window.
Joined June 2014
RT @michael_riordan: This is incredibly important: I have watched virtually every @BBCNews Channel report this week on assisted dying and v….
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RT @LlywodraethCym: Darllenwch a rhannwch - bydd Llywodraeth y DU yn profi ei System Rhybudd Argyfwng ⚠️. Mae'r system yn rhybuddio pobl t….
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RT @WelshGovernment: Please read and share - the UK Government will test their Emergency Alert System ⚠️. It's designed to alert people to….
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Bit weird for @HumanistsUK to complain about anti expert rhetoric in paid ads all over my social media feeds. When it comes to their pseudo-populist support for assisted suicide they're suddenly not quite so interested in expert opinion.
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RT @mndassoc: We’ve updated our guide & infographic on Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) working for MND. 💡 MDT working is recommended by NICE….
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RT @STAGEDOC: “we should resist the chilling reality of politicians pushing state-assisted suicide, at the very time when policies designed….
academyofideas.uk
It is disturbing that parliament is considering the legalisation of assisted death while simultaneously putting more financial pressure on the services that really help people to die with dignity.
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RT @historykev: There is now a fight on in Canada to prevent #assistedsuicide and #euthanasia for mental illness. It is already allowed in….
firstthings.com
In 2010, twenty-one-year-old Andrew Lawton attempted suicide by swallowing a bottle’s worth of pills in a public bathroom. His depression had become unbearable. Thankfully, he failed, and after...
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Maybe we can normalise talking about what we are going to do, what will help, more than we talk about what we aren't going to do because it won't.
Don't talk about DNR at the first encounter (if possible). If you have to, don't talk about it in the beginning. DNR is the very last thing to bring up during the conversation. The best tip about DNR is not to talk about DNR.
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RT @snakagawa_md: Don't talk about DNR at the first encounter (if possible). If you have to, don't talk about it in the beginning. DNR….
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RT @Existential_Doc: Consultant in palliative medicine.St Columba’s Hospice .Edinburgh. Give us a call to learn more . .
bmj.com
An exciting opportunity has arisen with this 0.6 WTE consultant post. St Columba’s Hospice Care
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RT @OurDutyOfCare: “It’s what happens when legislation reshapes medicine without fully grappling with the human mess it creates… There is a….
pulsetoday.co.uk
Dr Burnt Out reflects on the assisted dying bill, warning that GPs will be left to pick up the pieces if the system fails patients
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RT @DrLilyLamb: A stark warning of what the future could hold when #AssistedDying is part of NHS care, in the context of the 10 year plan:….
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RT @RajivShah90: On Assisted Dying she says this. Interesting contrast with Lord Falconer who thinks the Lords shouldn't cause much trouble….
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RT @AJogee: I hope the Assisted Dying Bill is “completely different”. It should not have passed as it was drafted but that’s for others t….
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RT @historykev: In 2021, 517 people were euthanized without explicit request in the Netherlands. This is the future of #assisteddying #assi….
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RT @annawolkowski: Grateful to @bathmatt for his excellent article explaining how in his view hospice & palliative care should never embrac….
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RT @nmdacosta: Falconer suggested that the Lords must ‘uphold’ what ‘the Commons have decided to go ahead with’. A rather novel downgrading….
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RT @TyOlwenHospice: Thanks, George!
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👀. @PallCareCymru.
The world of #technology, #Ai and #digital is explored in this week’s #podcast with an argument that their use in #socialcare needs to be grounded in #ethical and #humanrights continual practice. #CareTech #design #coproduction.
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