Palliative Care conversations

Professor Antony Johansen discusses the concept of frailty. The sources discussed are;

Fried LP, Tangen CM, Walston J, Newman AB, Hirsch C, Gottdiener J, Seeman T, Tracy R, Kop WJ, Burke G, McBurnie MA; Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. Frailty in older adults: evidence for a phenotype. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001 Mar;56(3):M146-56. doi: 10.1093/gerona/56.3.m146. PMID: 11253156.

Rockwood K, Song X, MacKnight C, Bergman H, Hogan DB, McDowell I, Mitnitski A. A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people. CMAJ. 2005 Aug 30;173(5):489-95. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.050051. PMID: 16129869; PMCID: PMC1188185.

other resources that listeners might be interested in:

- 'The rest isn't orthopaedics' - a collection of podcasts around managing frailty in patients who have had a hip fracture. https://open.spotify.com/show/5Rmm4gwDN18sndb5MYWW1c?si=d5a3b51fb7dc4b90

- a series of video lectures on the management of frailty and orthogeriatrics http://www.youtube.com/@antonyjohansen

This is a conversation with a Solicitor - Heledd Wyn - revisiting some of the issues arising from and posed by the legal frameworks in the UK. Our first conversation was during COVID-19 so it was fascinating to reflect now in 2026 on what, if anything has changed as a result of that experience. Although this is a UK law based conversation, the topics are still of interest and relevance to an international audience.

Fiona Rawlinson catches up with Kathryn Mannix - recorded in 2025 - discussions about aspects of public conversations about dying and palliative care

The Terminally Ill Adults ( End of life) Bill continues to be reviewed and discussed. Fiona Rawlinson discusses some of the issues relating to Wales with Professors Emyr Lewis and David Jones

Prof Fiona Rawlinson talks with Ben Simms - CEO of Global Health Partnerships [ formerly THET] about the challenges and opportunities for developing partnerships in palliative care and the potential for collaborative learning.

Mark and Fiona catch up with the progress of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as it stands at the end of December 2025.

This is a conversation recorded in February 2021 - when the pandemic was still challenging the way we thought about communication and dying. Kathryn's book , " With the end in mind" was published and her second book "Listen" was about to be published. We have listened again in 2025 and ,as a prelude to a new recording, we felt that this had so many points still universally relevant that it was worth re-releasing. We hope you agree!

Fiona Rawlinson discusses further and future aspects of Dr Joshi's work on financial Toxicity

Fiona Rawlinson talks with Dr Saurabh Joshi about his work developing a strategy to manage the financial burdens of cancer treatment in India . The information is relevant across the world in different settings. This is part 1 of a 2 part discussion, recorded in February 2025

a follow up discussion between Professors Mark Taubert and Fiona Rawlinson about the progress and current situation of the Terminally Ill Adults [End of Life Bill]