Firstly, I would like to make it clear that ‘assisted suicide’ in this statement is referring to active euthanasia which is performed by a doctor. This may be an injection or a form of medication which are both administered by the doctor to a terminally ill patient with a significantly reduced quality of life. In…
Read MorePATIENT WITH TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER IS RETURNING HOME 🏠
Today I was also able to spent quite a bit of time with a patient who had been suffering from a brain tumour. I was able to follow her journey in the hospice as I was volunteering here when she was first admitted. I noticed that her health had significantly improved throughout the past few…
Read More“CHILDHOD VACCINATIONS SHOULD BE MADE COMPULSARY.” 💉
This was quite an interesting debating topic as I was given the position of arguing FOR the statement. After completing my research I felt as though I was in slight disagreement with the statement, however I didn’t feel I had any strong opinions on the matter. During the debate I gave my points to support…
Read MoreMEDICINE & THE ARTS: HUMANISING HEALTHCARE
This was actually a 6-week course which explored the different ways in which we could overcome the technological and scientific constraints to make medicine more humane. I thought I’d share some of the key learning points from this course, particularly parts of the course which I found especially thought provoking. Some areas that were discussed…
Read MoreI’VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR ‘YOUNG VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR’ AWARD! 🎗
One of the first things that I noticed was that one of the patients who seemed to have been deteriorating over the past couple of weeks was no longer here. I spoke to the nurse who told me that she had unfortunately passed away after her stay, which had been several weeks long. Hearing about…
Read More“COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SHOULD BE PROVIDED ON THE NHS.” 🌿
I found this really interesting to research about as on one side we have the conventional medicinal treatments which are without doubt successful, but can have some severe side effects; whilst on the other hand we have non-scientifically proven treatments which are in some cases believed to have a placebo effect on patients, but have…
Read MoreMEDICAL WORKSHOP REFLECTIONS 📚
This event was run by Year 3 Medical students from Manchester University. In the morning we were all placed in groups of ten with people we had never met before. We were then given a mock PBL case on Cystic Fibrosis and expected to go through it with the guidance of a medical student who…
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Life of a Medic 