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SIM Ep 381 Chops 163: Dr Rachel Clarke and the importance of palliative medicine

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Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Dr Rachel Clarke is a specialist in palliative medicine, author of Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss, and outspoken supporter of the NHS. In this episode, she chats to Mickey about the current state of things in the NHS, what with coronavirus, lockdown and government aides doing whatever the fuck they like, and shares some cockle-warming stories of how she’s helped people live their last days to the full, the heartbreaking story of her dad’s terminal cancer diagnosis, and some frankly horrifying stats on hospice funding. 

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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

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0:35.0

Hello Mickey here.

0:37.0

Welcome to this week's Sunday Chops.

0:39.0

This episode is my full chat with Dr. Rachel Clark,

0:42.0

specialist in palliative medicine, author of Dear Life,

0:45.7

a Doctor's Story of Love and Loss, and brilliantly outspoken supporter of the NHS.

0:51.1

If you've already listened to this week's pod scene, you'll have heard an

0:54.0

excerpt of this interview already. Right at the top Rachel and I chat a fair bit about the

0:58.8

current state of things in the NHS, what with coronavirusirus lockdown and government AIDS doing whatever the

1:03.8

foot they like. So that's seen the sensible bit to put in the pod scene but please do

1:08.1

listen to all of what Rachel has to say as there are some gorgeous stories of

1:12.1

how she's helped people live their last days to the full,

1:14.8

some frankly horrifying stats on hospice funding, and the heartbreaking story of her dad's terminal cancer

1:20.4

diagnosis. If you've not already listened to that podzine by the way, please do, as there's a

1:25.5

cracking chat with Laura Docurel about postpart and psychosis and the way women are treated in

1:29.9

medicine, as well as some info on how white people can strengthen and flex that

1:34.2

anti-racism muscle. On that note it is a tough line between looking

1:38.3

performative and actually doing the work, but here on standard issue we've

1:41.9

always quite rightly worked hard to make our

1:44.6

podcast as diverse as possible which you know given where three white straight

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