Coronavirus: Doctors urge 'difficult conversations' about death
Baroness Finlay, professor of palliative medicine at Cardiff University, said everyone should consider what treatment they would want if they fell ill and their wishes if they died, then tell their families.
"Perhaps we have strong views.Perhaps if you're already frail and become ill with this virus, you might feel you don't want to go into hospital and be put on a ventilator."Those conversations are difficult for everybody. They're never easy. We all live thinking it won't happen to us. But you have to think it might."
People should also discuss funeral wishes and the options for"celebrating life in a different way and mourning in a different way". "The conversation on the phone with someone you love - these are precious moments, don't cut them short," she said.
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