Reflection: one journey, two deaths, multiple perspectives
Katelyn CostelloRural Hospital Medicine and General Practice Registrar, Queenstown, New Zealand. Email: Katelyn.costello@outlook.com
Journal of Primary Health Care 13(3) 201-203 https://doi.org/10.1071/HC21022
Published: 13 August 2021
Journal Compilation © Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2021 This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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.
It has been adapted after being originally submitted as a reflective essay assignment for a University of Otago GENA725 Communication in Rural Hospital Medicine paper.
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