Cancer Research Centre News
Reflections on ‘ordinary dying’ and the Queen
John MacArtney, CRC theme lead for Palliative Care, co-wrote a blog reflecting on the use of the term ‘ordinary dying’ and how it was not unproblematic to use it to describe the late Queen’s death.
Covid isn’t over for people with terminal illnesses
Dr John MacArtney, who leads CRC’s Palliative Care theme, has developed a short public engagement film describing the ongoing Covid-19 presents to people with terminal illnesses. This builds on his large ESRC funded study looking at the impact of Covid-19 on hospices, including four reports for clinical practice looking at the pandemic’s effects on patients, carers, staff and senior managers, as well as a policy report developed in collaboration with Marie Curie.
The blog and film can be found here: https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/talkabout/articles/covid-isnt-over-terminal-illnesses/354907
Press release is here: https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/?newsItem=8a17841a84aafe070184beafb1431d77
University of Warwick Professor awarded Royal Society’s Davy Medal for pioneering research into ‘Metals in Medicine’
- Professor Sadler is this year’s recipient of the Royal Society’s Davy Medal.
- Recognises his work in using inorganic metals in medicine, pioneering the research field of medicinal inorganic chemistry.
- Research includes targeting cancer cells with the metal iridium – thought to have arrived on Earth via the asteroid that caused the dinosaurs’ extinction.