Palliative care: Patients show âastonishing courage'
Palliative care doctor and writer, Rachel Clarke, has told ±«Óătv News that far from being depressing, her work at a hospice where she cares for patients close to death is often âincredibly upliftingâ.
At the end of life people often display âastonishing courage, resilience, strength, determination,â she told ±«Óătv Hardtalkâs Stephen Sackur.
âThere is something about death's proximity⊠that concentrates the mind. It forces you to think what do I really care about?â
âMy time is limited, it's coming to an end. And that's when I think people rise so often to their best selves.â
Dr Clarke's books about the reality of the medical profession have been acclaimed for the unvarnished and thought-provoking picture they give of the reality of working in the NHS.
They have covered topics about training as a junior doctor, caring for people who are dying and the death of her father, and describing what it was like to work on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic.
