Peter Houghton
Peter Houghton was for many years a counsellor in palliative care. He was Director of the Birmingham Settlement where he founded Britain’s first money advice centre and worked with adolescents in trouble. He was also the founder of The National Association of the Childless in the UK, after which he became actively engaged in fundraising for the Artificial Heart Foundation and founded the ExtraLife Society for advancing procedures for helping people who have experienced heart failure.
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The World Within Me
In this thoughtful and profound account Peter Houghton charts his personal quest for the spirit. His extraordinary story is written during the time in which…
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On Death, Dying and Not Dying
In June 2000 Peter Houghton, a counselor in palliative care, was weeks from death due to cardiomyopathy. He had made his preparations and had said…