By Dr Judith Tobin   "If this is over, if this is the end please let me hold you one last time" sung Swedish star Agnes in her hit “One last time”.   Derek and Eirwin were married nearly 60 years ago. Four years ago, after she developed

By Sophia Zupanc. Before being named a 2019 Thomas J. Watson Fellow, Sophia worked in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at Dana-Farber Institute and as a hospice volunteer while completing her undergraduate education at Wellesley College. Sophia can be found on

by James Harrison/Mr Undertaker     Talking about death is seen as one of the final taboos.  Time and again research shows that we, the British public are very reluctant to talk about death or think about our own funeral. Why should we?  As funeral directors we

Dying Matters Awareness Week is over for another year, although there are still events happening for the rest of the month and over the summer - click here for details. On behalf of all of the Dying Matters team here at Hospice UK, let me say a big thank you to everybody who has been involved this