What Makes a Good Death?

Thursday 17 April, 19.00-20.30

Fully booked

Talking about dying isn't easy yet it's a defining moment in our lives. How can we prepare ourselves and our loved ones? Where should we look to for guidance and advice - medicine, religion, the past? Join our guests to explore how their fields contribute to preparation for and understanding of dying.

Speakers

Peter Harvey, Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Sunderland

Iona Heath, GP and author of 'Matters of Life and Death'

Ruth Richardson, historian of medicine

Facilitator

Joanna Moorhead, journalist

This event is free.

In support of the Life Before Death exhibition.

Peter Harvey

I am Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Sunderland, UK, from where I teach a web-based MA in Buddhist Studies. I am co-founder of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies and was its President from 2002 to 2006. I now edit its journal, 'Buddhist Studies Review'. I have been a practising Buddhist since around 1971, and am a meditation teacher in the Theravāda Samatha Trust tradition.

Iona Heath

I have been a GP in Kentish Town since 1975. I was a member of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care for the Elderly and I have also been a member of the Human Genetics Commission. I have been a council member of the Royal College of General Practitioners since 1989 and I currently chair the College's International Committee. I also chair the Ethics Committee of the 'British Medical Journal'.

Ruth Richardson

I am a historian of medicine, with an interest in death and the body after death.