Jenny V. Kitzinger

PP-59 Patients in prolonged disorders of consciousness: care after discontinuing clinically assisted nutrition and hydration

Jenny V. Kitzinger, Siwan Seaman, Nikki Jane Pease, Clare Elwell

Introduction Modern medicine has led to increasing numbers of people surviving in long term Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness [PDoC] (vegetative or minimally conscious states). Recent changes in UK case law and professional guidance has led to an increase in reviews of whether …

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Caring for People with Severe Brain Injuries: Improving Health Care Professional Communication and Practice Through Online Learning

Julie Latchem-Hastings, Geraldine Latchem-Hastings, Jenny V. Kitzinger

INTRODUCTION: Severe brain injuries can leave people in prolonged disorder of consciousness resulting in multifaceted medical, nursing, and rehabilitative needs that can be challenging for even the most experienced multidisciplinary team. The complexities of care, communication with families, and best interest decision-making …

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Challenging Mandatory Court Hearings for People in Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States

Celia Kitzinger, Jenny V. Kitzinger

In An NHS Trust v . Y , the UK Supreme Court ruled that it is not mandatory to seek judicial approval for decisions to withdraw feeding tubes (clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH)) from patients in vegetative or minimally conscious states. …

International Perspectives on Reforming End-of-Life Law

Ben P. White, Lindy Willmott, Jocelyn Downie, Penney J. Lewis et autres

This chapter identifies international trends in end-of-life law reform from analysing ten case studies of reform from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium. A key finding is that law reform is more likely to succeed when …

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International perspectives on reforming end-of-life law

Jenny V. Kitzinger, Celia Kitzinger, Ben White, Lindy Wilmot et autres

Clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration: Decisions that cannot be ignored or delayed

Jenny V. Kitzinger

Hearings in the Court of Protection often bring crucial issues into sharp relief in a vivid, poignant and intellectually rigorous way. This was certainly so in the hearing I observed last week: Case No. 1375980T on 10 June 2021. It concerned GU, …

The Moving Power of Moving Images: television constructions of Princess Diana

Jenny V. Kitzinger

This chapter focuses on the role of television in constructing Princess Diana&s;s life and death. It describes reporting in the week after Diana&s;s death, highlights some of the key themes during this period and demonstrates how the camera, sound and editing effects …

Advice for journalists covering Covid-19: Welsh NHS confederation

Karin Wahl‐Jorgensen, Linda Mitchell, Aidan J. O’Donnell, Gavin Allen et autres

The outbreak of COVID-19 is placing an unprecedented strain on health services in Wales and across the world. At the same time, coverage of the outbreak is essential, and there is a great demand from media organisations and their audiences to receive …

How to change the Law: challenging mandatory court hearings for people in vegetative and minimally conscious states

Jenny V. Kitzinger, Celia Kitzinger

On 30 July 2018, a landmark decision was handed down by the UK Supreme Court. In An NHS Trust v Y (‘Re Y’)1, the Court ruled that it is not mandatory to seek judicial approval for decisions to withdraw feeding tubes from …

The Debate about Media Influence (2004)

Jenny V. Kitzinger

The Field of Audience Research is one of the most contested in the social sciences. Given the epistemological and methodological rifts and divisions that have characterised audience research, it is perhaps not surprising that media criminologists have tended to steer clear. The …

Can you wake up after decades in a coma? The story behind the headlines

Jenny V. Kitzinger

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Supporting families involved in court cases about life‐sustaining treatment: Working as academics, advocates and activists

Celia Kitzinger, Jenny V. Kitzinger

This article explores the links between our roles as academics, advocates, and activists, focusing on our research on treatment decisions for patients in vegetative and minimally conscious states. We describe how our work evolved from personal experience through traditional social science research …

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