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Check Up is your chance to talk to doctors about the health issues that most concern you and your family. Each week Barbara Myers is joined by a medical expert to take your calls and emails on a particular topic and give you the most up to date advice. No appointment necessary.
Call 0870 010 0444
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"There is no substitute for one-to-one advice from a听top medical expert and that's what we offer our callers and emailers. But for each person who calls to ask for help, someone else phones in to pass on a tip or a suggestion -听it's a great programme to present."
Barbara Myers |
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 Full programme transcript >>
Palliative Care
In this week鈥檚 Check Up Barbara Myers takes your calls on palliative care.
She is joined by Dr Polly Edmonds, consultant in palliative care medicine at King's College Hospital in London听to discuss how pain and symptom relief, spiritual and psycho-social support can improve the quality of life of people with life-threatening illnesses like cancer or heart disease .
Broaching the subject of death and how and where people would like to end their life can be hard for both medical professionals and family and loved ones.
Call Barbara Myers and her guest听if you have any questions, on 08700-100-444 from 1.30pm on day of broadcast or email Check Up using the Contact Check Up link above.
Next week: Hip Replacements |
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RELATED LINKS
大象传媒 Radio 4: Case Notes - Palliative Care
大象传媒: How to Have a Good Death
大象传媒 Relationships: Terminal Illness
大象传媒 Health
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