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Reflection: one journey, two deaths, multiple perspectives

A thought-provoking & powerful essay adapted from one of Katelyn’s assignments for GEN 725 Communication in Rural Hospital Medicine, a great course that includes a residential on a marae in the Hokianga! Katelyn is also a PhD candidate.

2021-09-30

Reflection: one journey, two deaths, multiple perspectives

Katelyn Costello

Journal of Primary Health Care – https://doi.org/10.1071/HC21022
Published online: 13 August 2021

http://www.publish.csiro.au/HC/HC21022

A thought-provoking & powerful essay adapted from one of Katelyn’s assignments for GEN 725 Communication in Rural Hospital Medicine, a great course that includes a residential on a marae in the Hokianga! Katelyn is also a PhD candidate.

Abstract

This is a reflective piece from the author around death and dying. It shares her personal story from her own and close family perspectives. It then summaries these experiences into a few key themes and what she hopes are some lessons for doctors involved in the care of a dying person and their whānau.