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Belgium's Vervoort dismisses euthanasia reports
Belgian wheelchair racer and Rio Paralympic silver medalist Marieke Vervoort dismissed on Sunday a recent report in the French media that stated that she was "considering" euthanasia after Rio.Speaking at a news conference at the Olympic...
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Hello, I have death anxiety
A lot of people are scared of death. But some people, including Leah, think about it an unhealthy amount. Thanatophobia is an irrational fear of death or the dying process. When we asked for your views, a lot of you said suffer from this...
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Funeral poverty: one woman's battle to pay for her son's burial
One suddenly bereaved mother, already in debt, has to find thousands of pounds to pay for her son's funeral. The funeral business is an unregulated industry, with providers criticised for taking advantage of vulnerable, grieving...
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How my near-death experience changed my life
After David Ditchfield was dragged under a moving train, the way he looked at death changed. Before his accident he didn’t consider the afterlife, but now Ditchfield says he knows there is nothing to fear after we die. He tells Leah what...
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Before I die: a day with terminally ill patients
What does it feel like to know you’re dying? In episode two of Death Land, Leah Green meets people who are facing up to the end of their lives. She follows palliative care doctor Sunita Puri as she helps her patients come to terms with...
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Dying young: 'It's not what you think'
Joe is 34 and is facing his own death. He was given a terminal cancer diagnosis and has already lived longer than doctors predicted. He tells Leah how dying was nothing like he had anticipated, and he and his friends discuss the impact...
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The people on a mission to live for ever
What if you could cheat death and live for ever? To people in the radical life extension movement, immortality is a real possibility. Leah Green spends a long weekend at RAADfest, a meeting of scientists, activists and ordinary people...
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The death doula: helping you prepare for the day you die
What does it mean to have a good death? Leah Green meets with Aly Dickinson, an end-of-life doula. Aly helps clients to plan what they want to happen at the end of their lives, and she accompanies them as they transition from life to...
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How visualising death can help us accept it
Leah Green tries out a form of meditation which aims to help people who suffer from death anxiety. In the sixth episode of Death Land she visits Alua Arthur, an end-of-life doula who facilitates the meditation. Through visualising the...
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ONLY ON AP Cheap morphine eases Rwanda pain crisis
On the rolling hills of Rwanda, a nurse is on an urgent mission, by foot, to bring relief to a patient suffering from severe pain. In her bag she carries liquid morphine.
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ONLY ON AP Cheap morphine eases Rwanda pain crisis
On the rolling hills of Rwanda, a nurse is on an urgent mission, by foot, to bring relief to a patient suffering from severe pain. In her bag she carries liquid morphine.
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The Duchess of Cambridge visited a children's hospice in Ipswich, England on Monday, where she made her first public speech.
HEADLINE: Duchess of Cambridge makes first public speech
CAPTION: The Duchess of Cambridge visited a children's hospice in Ipswich, England on Monday, where she made her first public speech. (March 19)
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USA: OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING: COUNSELLING FOR SURVIVORS (1)
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As the hopes of finding any more survivor's from Wednesday's bomb attack in Oklahoma City fades, the focus now begins to turn to those pulled alive from the debris and those who lost friends and family.
Grief counsellors are...
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USA: OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING: COUNSELLING FOR SURVIVORS (2)
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As the hopes of finding any more survivor's from Wednesday's bomb attack in Oklahoma City fades, the focus now to turn to the living pulled from the debris and those who lost friends and family.
Grief counsellors are giving...
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Duchess of Cambridge makes first ever public address during visit to children's hospice
The Duchess of Cambridge made her first ever public address on Monday (19 MAR. 2012), during a visit to a children's hospice in Ipswich, eastern England, run by a charity of which she is patron.
Her visit marked the official opening of...
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WRAP Fire kills at least 110, injures 100
4 June 2010
1. Wide of street where fire started
2. Various of man crying and singing for lost loved ones
3. Burned out cycle rickshaw
4. Close up of burnt cycle rickshaw wheel
5. Burnt belongings scattered on the ground
6. Wide of...
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Californians debate new right to die law
LEAD IN:California will soon become the fifth state in the US to allow doctors to provide life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients. The new law was inspired by the story of young Californian Brittany Maynard - a 29-year-old terminal...
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Funeral of paralysed man disconnected from respirator
1. Wide Don Bosco Church and crowded piazza outside
2. Man bringing flowers
3. Man holding newspaper with Welby's photo and the words "scomunicato" (excommunicated) referring to the church not letting them hold the funeral inside
4. Pan...
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Palestinian delegation presser on Arafat illness, adds departure
1. Various of Palestinian delegation's convoy driving into hospital grounds after leaving the French Foreign Ministry
2. Delegation walking in hospital grounds
3. Car pulling up outside the Elysee Palace, Palestinian delegation getting...
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Italian politicians have vowed to pass legislation quickly clarifying the right to die after a fierce legal battle over a woman in a vegetative state who died after her family cut off her food and water.
HEADLINE: Italian woman dies after euthanasia court battle
CAPTION: Italian politicians vow to pass legislation that clarifies the right to die, after a fierce legal battle over a woman in a vegetative state who died on Monday after...
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UK's Duchess of Cambridge visits children's hospice
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:UK POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYQuidenham - 24 January 20171. Various of UK's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, greeting children 2. Various of Duchess of Cambridge greeting staff in hospice...
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UK's Duchess of Cambridge visits children's hospice
SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYPOOLQuidenham, Norfolk, 24 January 20171. Exterior, Duchess of Cambridge arrives, pan to press2. Wide shot Duchess of Cambridge arrives, greets children 3. Medium shot children4. Wide shot...
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Sen. Rounds: Meat shortage in a 'matter of days'
South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds says US consumers could see a meat shortage in a matter of days.
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The Duchess of Cambridge opens The Nook Children's Hospice
THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE OPENS THE NOOK CHILDREN'S HOSPICE