Governing Body of the Church in Wales

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynette Chandler
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Steel Industry ◽  
Moral Duty ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Hospice Nurses ◽  
Governing Body ◽  
Hospice Movement ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Church

In his address to the April meeting, the archbishop raised questions about the high business rates placed on the steel industry in the UK and the crisis faced by Welsh steelworkers, the elections for members of the Welsh Assembly and the forthcoming referendum on Europe. He reminded the Governing Body that the right to vote was won at a price and that, as Christians, we had a moral duty to exercise that right. The archbishop, considering the recent death of his wife, Hilary, also spoke of bereavement and dying in general. Palliative care and the hospice movement had come a long way in fifty years; if he had not already been persuaded by the arguments against assisted dying, watching the care and the gentleness of hospice nurses, for whom nothing was too much trouble, would have convinced him.

Confessions of a Hindu-Catholic Artist

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-185
Author(s):  
Caroline Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Age ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
New Public ◽  
Public Work ◽  
Inner World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Church

AbstractDuring my first twelve years in India I studied Hindu art and philosophy, encountering "inculturated" Catholic Christianity for the first time. When I returned to the United Kingdom, I was struck by a manifest separation between the dry, orderly church, and the imaginative world of "New Age" networks such as Dances of Universal Peace. In 1999 I received a major commission to re-design a church in Wales. This opening allowed me to use art as a means to bring some of the insights gained in India into a Western Christian context. After this public work, I made a series of personal pictures that depicted the healing and empowering effect of the new public images (archetypes) on my inner world. I then tried to connect the work in the church to liturgy but found no opening in the UK. In 2003, I returned to India to the Fireflies Intercultural Centre in Bangalore. There I found a "laboratory of the spirit" that provided the right conditions for serious religious experimentation. In 2007, I found a way to express the vision of the artwork in the Welsh church via an embodied liturgy. Using masks representing the Elements, I worked with an Indian Catholic priest to create a cosmic Easter Triduum.

Governing Body of the Church in Wales

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-81
Author(s):  
Philip Morris
Keyword(s):  
Life Experiences ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Governing Body ◽  
Code Of Practice ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Church

In his April Presidential Address the Archbishop noted a number of important current issues – gender, same-sex relationships, assisted dying and ecumenism – and said that he could not recall a Governing Body where so many important topics were all under discussion at the same time. Perhaps the most critical, however, was the Bishops' Code of Practice, published in advance of the Bill that was to come into effect in September to make it possible for women to be ordained as bishops. What followed would be a listening exercise, since no decision on the matter was required of the Governing Body. What all the issues highlighted, however, was that there was genuine principled disagreement among Christians about moral, doctrinal and ecumenical issues. Moreover, no-one approached those matters neutrally; all had been shaped one way or another by upbringing, education and life experiences to see things in certain ways.

scholarly journals Assisted dying and Lord Falconer’s recommendations; to what extent should medical and public opinion be considered when amending the law relating to assisted dying?

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Dein Lowdon ◽  
Iseult McGrory ◽  
Calvin Rowley ◽  
Colm Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Right To Die ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Public Opinions ◽  
Controversial Topic ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right ◽  
Medical Interest

Assisted dying in the UK is a controversial topic, this is due to a massive peak in public and medical interest in the topic. This is because of two recent Landmark cases Tony Nicklinson and Debbie Purdy. These campaigners for the right to die were arguing cases associated with the prosecution of their spouses assisting in their suicide which is illegal under the Suicide Act 1961.The biggest debate on assisted dying is whether you should have the right to be assisted in dying. This is a very controversial topic which has been contested by new bills presented to parliament such as Lord Falconer’s Bill: Assisted Dying (2014). This was the biggest contest ever to the law on assisted dying. The aim for our research project is to highlight issues with the law; analysing where the law that could be reformed. We will look specifically at how medical and public opinions could be considered when amending the law relating to assisted dying.

Ethics in cancer care

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-172
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Drug Treatments ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right

The biomedical ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice are well established, though they have been challenged by feminist and nursing ethics. Decision-making in practice requires a balance of not only ethical principles, but also legal and professional frameworks, alongside patient and family wishes. Cancer clinical trials raise ethical issues around the balance between risk and potential benefits to patients, and they may need support making the right decision about whether to participate. The rising cost of cancer drug treatments has raised difficult questions about which drugs should be authorized for use within the United Kingdom (UK)'s National Health Service. End-of-life care raises particularly challenging ethical issues. Mental capacity or competence is defined in law in the UK, and treatment decisions may be made on behalf of patients if they are assessed and found to lack capacity. However, patients and families are encouraged to make advance statements and decisions about treatment in the event of losing capacity. Decisions on whether to give, withdraw, or withhold treatment, artificial hydration and nutrition, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are sensitive, and should be based on assessment, consultation with family, and consideration of ethical, legal, and professional principles. Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (assisted dying) are highly contentious issues internationally and illegal in most countries. Some countries allow them under certain circumstances. In response to a patient asking about assisted dying, the nurse should listen to their concerns, be prepared to talk about the process of dying, and support them to establish their priorities.

The changing landscape of OSH regulation in the UK: Achieving the right balance in policy and practice

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hollis ◽  
Stavroula Leka ◽  
Aditya Jain ◽  
Nicholas Andreou
Keyword(s):  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right

Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in the United Kingdom

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ros Scott
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Strategic Direction ◽  
Palliative Care Services ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Hospice And Palliative Care ◽  
Changing Role

This chapter explores the history of volunteers in the founding and development of United Kingdom (UK) hospice services. It considers the changing role and influences of volunteering on services at different stages of development. Evidence suggests that voluntary sector hospice and palliative care services are dependent on volunteers for the range and quality of services delivered. Within such services, volunteer trustees carry significant responsibility for the strategic direction of the organiszation. Others are engaged in diverse roles ranging from the direct support of patient and families to public education and fundraising. The scope of these different roles is explored before considering the range of management models and approaches to training. This chapter also considers the direct and indirect impact on volunteering of changing palliative care, societal, political, and legislative contexts. It concludes by exploring how and why the sector is changing in the UK and considering the growing autonomy of volunteers within the sector.

Clergy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Hill QC
Keyword(s):  
Employment Status ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Church ◽  
And Training

This chapter focuses on the clergy of the Church of England. It first explains the process of selection and training for deacons and priests, along with their ordination, functions, and duties. It then considers the status and responsibilities of incumbents, patronage, and presentation of a cleric to a benefice, and suspension of presentation. It also examines the institution, collation, and induction of a presentee as well as unbeneficed clergy such as assistant curates and priests-in-charge of parishes, the authority of priests to officiate under the Extra-Parochial Ministry Measure, the right of priests to hold office under Common Tenure, and the role of visitations in maintaining the discipline of the Church. The chapter concludes with a discussion of clergy retirement and removal, employment status of clergy, vacation of benefices, group and team ministries, and other church appointments including rural or area deans, archdeacons, diocesan bishops, suffragan bishops, and archbishops.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Hepburn
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Roman Catholicism ◽  
Freedom Of Conscience ◽  
Oxford Movement ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
The Right ◽  
Race And Religion ◽  
The Church

In the 1940s and 1950s, Britain was relatively uniform in terms of race and religion. The majority of Britons adhered to the Church of England, although Anglo-Catholic leanings—the last gasp of the Oxford Movement—prompted some people to convert to Roman Catholicism. Although the secularization thesis has had a tenacious grip on twentieth-century literary studies, it does not account for the flare-up of interest in religion in mid-century Britain. The ecumenical movement, which began in the 1930s in Europe, went into suspension during the war, and returned with vigour after 1945, advocated international collaboration among Christian denominations and consequently overlapped with the promotion of human rights, especially the defence of freedom of worship, the right to privacy, freedom of conscience, and freedom of expression.

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