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Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...Health and Social Care qualifications. In this second of a series of OpenLearn articles linking to The Ageing Well Public Talks (AWPT) Series structured around Five Pillars for Ageing Well that runs every year at The Open University, we are going to discuss how we could prepare for a home death. Earlier in the AWPT Series, we discussed Advance Care Planning presented by...
What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?

...health had been deteriorating for several years before the ill-advised Holmes fight and the savaging he took repulsed even his sternest critics. Ali the “fearsome warrior,” as Hauser calls him, would disappear, replaced by a “benevolent monarch and ultimately to a benign venerated figure”. And now that venerated figure has died, aged 74. Muhammad Ali was also a...
A gift of life at the end of life
Health, Sports & Psychology

A gift of life at the end of life

...Health and Social Care courses. There are currently around 7,000 people on the UK transplant waiting lists and over 420 people died waiting for a transplant last year (2021). The Organ donation law in parts of the UK has recently changed to an ‘opt out’ system. This should increase the numbers of potential organs available for transplant and help save the lives of...
Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS
Health, Sports & Psychology

Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS

...health and social care sector. Julie Messenger, Senior Lecturer and Nursing Lead at The Open University, is a nurse with more than forty years NHS and educational experiences linked to the education of nurses, looks at the staffing challenges facing the NHS, and some of the solutions...It's no secret that our hospitals are short of staff and do not have enough equipment...
Black History Month 2022 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2022 talks

...health: Black students and mental health declarations Rehana Awan shares findings from a project she worked on with colleagues at The Open University looking at mental health declarations for Black students. Transcript How we can teach children about race and why it’s important that we do Mel Green’s presentation explores how children and young people learn about...
My abortion experience: Daisy's story
Health, Sports & Psychology

My abortion experience: Daisy's story

...health Chlamydia worth talking about Contraception worth talking about Your contraception choices Chlamydia Pro-Choice advocacy: Abortion Rights – supporting women’s right to safe, free and legal abortion Blogposts on a range of abortion related issues from Education For Choice Voice for Choice – the UK pro-choice coalition Alliance for Choice – campaigning for...
My abortion experience: Sienna's story
Health, Sports & Psychology

My abortion experience: Sienna's story

...health Chlamydia worth talking about Contraception worth talking about Your contraception choices Chlamydia Pro-Choice advocacy: Abortion Rights – supporting women’s right to safe, free and legal abortion Blogposts on a range of abortion related issues from Education For Choice Voice for Choice – the UK pro-choice coalition Alliance for Choice – campaigning for...
My abortion experience: Lily's story
Health, Sports & Psychology

My abortion experience: Lily's story

...health Chlamydia worth talking about Contraception worth talking about Your contraception choices Chlamydia Pro-Choice advocacy: Abortion Rights – supporting women’s right to safe, free and legal abortion Blogposts on a range of abortion related issues from Education For Choice Voice for Choice – the UK pro-choice coalition Alliance for Choice – campaigning for...