Alabama Emergency Physician, Dr. Monica Williams-Murphy's End-of-Life Preparation Checklists Adopted by UK National Health Service Campaign, Be Ready for It
Recognized end-of-life expert, Dr. Monica Williams-Murphy, co-author of the book It's OK to Die™ is pleased to announce her web-partnership with UK-based counterpart, Be Ready for It. The British Campaign will help individuals and their loved ones properly prepare for end-of-life decisions.
- Huntsville, AL (1888PressRelease) October 25, 2013 - It's OK to Die's end-of-life preparation checklists have been endorsed and adopted by the Norfolk and Suffolk Palliative Care Academy.The British campaign can be found at http://bereadyforit.org.uk.
"Dying well is a natural part of a good life…and needs to be put into the context of life planning. It is something people should be thinking about when they have a baby, get married or retire", explains Be Ready for It, Project Lead, Maggie Parsons, in a recent eHospice interview.
Dr. Monica Williams-Murphy shares Ms. Parsons' excitement, "My friends in the UK boldly move British society closer to thinking more openly and practically about death and dying. We are honored to have shared our end-of-life preparation checklists for the development of this online campaign."
Through It's OK to Die™and its website http://www.oktodie.com, Dr. Williams-Murphy and her husband Kris share the importance of preparation for death and dying. The book and website contain a wealth of clear and simplified information on the process of dying, ways to obtain emotional and spiritual closure, options for end-of-life medical treatment, and other information and tools for making challenging medical decisions.
In her years of experience in the emergency department, Dr. Williams-Murphy has witnessed hundreds of dying patients and their families suffer physically and emotionally because of ill-informed end-of-life decisions. Believing that such hardships are avoidable and unnecessary, she and her husband created a unique and comprehensive guide urging everyone to prepare for death in advance, to assure their own peace and to prevent the suffering of their loved ones.
About Dr. Monica Williams-Murphy
Monica Williams-Murphy, MD, is a board-certified emergency physician who is on staff at one of the largest emergency departments in the nation, Huntsville Hospital in Alabama. She serves on the board of directors for both -her local not-for-profit hospice, Hospice Family Care, and the Los Angeles Hospice at Anam Cara. She also serves as a medical expert and writer for ThirdAge.com, the leading online baby Boomer lifestyle site; and is guest faculty for the University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Medicine where she lectures on ethics and end-of-life decision-making.
Dr. Murphy is a passionate author, and engaging speaker who focuses on empowering patients and families in critical and end-of-life decision-making. She speaks widely about topics such as changing American beliefs about death and the crucial importance of advance directives.
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