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Southern Cross Care: Views from the Inside

Words by Cory Shaffer and Anna Bartkiv

Last week, Southern Cross and its landlords agreed that the company will forfeit operations of nearly 350 out of its 752 care homes in the UK. Eulogy spoke to people in the care industry to discover the impact.

Care for the Elderly: If Not Now, When?

NHS and Andrew Lansley

Words by Sam Goddard

Last year, Eulogy Magazine asked Andrew Lansley what his plans were for elderly care. He refused to comment. Eulogy examines what progress has been made to address the problems in the current system of elderly care.

The Life and Near Death of a Magazine

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Words by Alfred Tong

It’s not just people and pets that die. Perfectly good ideas can also die an ignominious, silent and uncelebrated death. And so it almost was with Eulogy, ‘The world’s first magazine to celebrate life and death.’

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Words by Sam Goddard

Sam Goddard’s grandmother was a resident at the infamous home described by some to dish out death sentences to its patients. He shares his first-hand experience of an NHS-institution accused of misdiagnosing and mistreating patients.

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'Big Society' Bites Back

Words by Katerina Webb-Bourne

The new budget helps motorists but offers nothing for the stricken local charities and community care services affected by the cuts. So what happened to the ‘Big Society’? Eulogy investigates how the very people who can help create it are being undermined by the government’s actions.

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Beyond the Border

Words by Sam Goddard

With unrest in the Middle East and North Africa making headlines once again, Sam Goddard speaks to Bev Collin a paediatric nurse for Médecins Sans Frontières since 1992.

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Behind The Scrubs

Words by Ritik Chandra

Our idea of the emergency department of an American hospital is informed by what we see in hit TV shows like ER and Scrubs. Dr Ritik Chandra, MD, reveals the reality of life as an emergency physician, and describes how there can be such a thing as a ‘beautiful death’.

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'Sorry to Hear'

Words by Julian Litten

Has a ‘loved one’ recently ‘passed away’? Perhaps they were ‘embalmed’ at the ‘funeral home’? Every trade has its own particular lingo, and the funeral trade is no different. Funerary historian Dr Julian Litten wonders when we’ll stop using this meaningless verbiage...

Teaching Death, Religion and Culture and Why I Make a Bad Dinner Guest

By Dr Christina Welch

For Dr Christina Welch, who runs a postgraduate course on death, religion and culture at the University of Winchester, death and the way we remember the dead, reveals much about our attitudes towards life.

Staff Writers

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Francesca Cacciarru

Sardinian-born poet Francesca is a regular contributer of poetry and creative writing for Eulogy.

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Sam Goddard

A recent Cambridge graduate, Sam is a regular blogger and features journalist for Eulogy.

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Martin Young

Eulogy's resident English literature expert and investigative journalist.

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Joel de Lara

Eulogy's online editor, and occasional features and reviews journalist.

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