Listen to the second episode of this academic year’s OpenThanatology Talks! Podcast series.

Recorded on the 11th March 2025, this episode features a panel discussion about the recently published ‘To Know Dying’report. The report showcases five research areas for social sciences and humanities in the context of palliative and end of life care and is designed to be used by researchers and funders to shape the future of research in this field. The report is part of a larger initiative to identify research priorities for palliative and end of life care, rooted in what patient, carers, and professionals have expressed as areas ofimportance via a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership. The ‘To Know Dying’ report is based on a project funded by Marie Curie (Grant: MCSGS-23-202).Hosts Dr Joanne Jordan (Research Fellow and Co-Chair of Open Thanatology) and Professor Erica Borgstrom (Professor of Medical Anthropology and Chair of Open Thanatology) are joined by five panellists. On the panel representing the project report are John MacArtney (Marie Curie Associate Professor ofSociology of Dying and Palliative Care at the University of Warwick), Briony Hudson (Associate Director, Internal Research Development, Marie Curie), Mari Greenfield, (Research Fellow, The Open University) and guests, Andrew Tibbles ( PhD student, University of Liverpool) and Dr Brooke Swash (Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Chester). Comments and questions from a large online audience contribute to the discussion. Several documents and links are mentioned throughout the podcast. You will find the links to these documents below.

You can find a copy of the To Know Dying report here.

You can find a copy of the protocol for the project workshop here.

The wider Priority Setting activity information is here.

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