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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...
The Guardian
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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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...