Fellow's Profile
Fellow's Profile
Developing Bereavement Support in Assisted Dying: Learning from Global Models
Developing pre & post bereavement support for patients and families in the context of assisted dying
2025
London
I'm a palliative care social worker at St Christopher's Hospice. My Fellowship focuses on assisted dying, specifically how patients and families are supported emotionally, socially and psychologically before and after an assisted death. I'll be travelling to Australia and Canada to learn from their established frameworks of bereavement and psychosocial care in this context.
This Fellowship seeks to ensure that, if assisted dying becomes legal in the UK, psychosocial bereavement support is available in line with the implementation of legislation. This Fellowship also aims to increase death literacy and contribute to future training and improved approaches to end-of-life care.
Jeff O’Loughlin (CF 2025) presented his Churchill Fellowship research at the Palliative Care Congress in Brighton, exploring a stage-based framework for psychosocial support in assisted dying in the UK.
By Jeff O'Loughlin, 8 May 2026
Jeff O’Loughlin (CF 2025) presented his Churchill Fellowship research at the Palliative Care Congress, exploring a psychosocial framework for assisted dying in the UK.
By Jeff O'Loughlin, 27 March 2026
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Jeff O’Loughlin (CF 2025) presented his Churchill Fellowship research at the Palliative Care Congress in Brighton, exploring a stage-based framework for psychosocial support in assisted dying in the UK.
By Jeff O'Loughlin, 8 May 2026
Jeff O’Loughlin (CF 2025) presented his Churchill Fellowship research at the Palliative Care Congress, exploring a psychosocial framework for assisted dying in the UK.
By Jeff O'Loughlin, 27 March 2026
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
