Dr Rachel Clarke on death…how to manage, talk about and embrace it

September 3, 2024. Series 7. Episode 96

Dr Rachel Clarke is a dedicated palliative care doctor, passionate NHS advocate and bestselling author. Through her work, Rachel has become a powerful voice and important influence on how we approach the ultimate collective crisis. As we have discussed with other guests on the pod, one of the problems we have with death is our unwillingness to confront it and make it more a part of mainstream conversation. In this conversation Rachel helps us look hard at how we talk about – or too often fail to talk about it. Her brilliant new book, The Story of a Heart, looks at death – and love – from an entirely different and deeply moving perspective.

Links 

Rachel’s Twitter: https://x.com/doctor_oxford

Charity

Hospice Ukraine: https://www.hospiceukraine.com/what-we-do

Books

2017: Your Life in My Hands: A Junior Doctor’s Story

2020: Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss

2021: Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic

2024: The Story of a Heart

TV adaptation of Breathtaking

Breathtaking. ITV. 2024. https://www.itv.com/watch/breathtaking/10a4089

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