http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Wed, 22 May 2013 14:48:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/17/society%e2%80%99s-fear-of-death-condemns-nicklinson-to-a-lifetime-of-suffering/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/17/society%e2%80%99s-fear-of-death-condemns-nicklinson-to-a-lifetime-of-suffering/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:25:54 +0000 Sharon Brennan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27523 Yesterday’s verdict that Tony Nicklinson will not be allowed to die with the help of doctors is depressing indeed for Nicklinson but unsurprising. Death is the last taboo of a society too focused on preserving life at any cost.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/17/society%e2%80%99s-fear-of-death-condemns-nicklinson-to-a-lifetime-of-suffering/feed/ 12 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/17/britain-is-losing-its-sense-of-decency-when-it-comes-to-the-disabled/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/17/britain-is-losing-its-sense-of-decency-when-it-comes-to-the-disabled/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:00:36 +0000 Sharon Brennan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26399 Worcestershire county council has just announced its proposal to shut away disabled people in care homes for the rest of their lives – openly admitting that it is a policy based on finances not necessarily on the individual’s health or care needs]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/17/britain-is-losing-its-sense-of-decency-when-it-comes-to-the-disabled/feed/ 100