Doctors and death: A Dose of Grief
Conversation, Destigmatising death, wellbeing, medical, training Katy Hancock Conversation, Destigmatising death, wellbeing, medical, training Katy Hancock

Doctors and death: A Dose of Grief

According to research, nearly 80% of doctors have experienced a distressing patient event in the last year, and many go on to suffer from depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Two Melbourne medical students, share how unprepared they felt to deal with the inevitable deaths of patients and how they are tackling this important issue.

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Is death really taboo?
Part of Life, Bereavement, Conversation, Destigmatising death Anna McGrail Part of Life, Bereavement, Conversation, Destigmatising death Anna McGrail

Is death really taboo?

Sue Brayne has an MA in the Rhetoric and Rituals of Death and is an end-of-life researcher and she is the author of The D-Word: talking about dying.

In this blog for Part of Life, Sue explains how her work with the Death Café movement has led her to believe that talking about death is no longer the taboo it once was, but what we lack is the understanding of how to talk about death and dying.

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Kicking the Bucket – A festival of living and dying
History, Afterlife Anna McGrail History, Afterlife Anna McGrail

Kicking the Bucket – A festival of living and dying

Liz Rothschild set up the Kicking the Bucket Festival in 2012. Working as a celebrant and burial ground manager, she realised that it was essential to talk with people before a bereavement in order for people to feel able to ask for what they really need. Here, Liz tells us about why she started the festival, what it involves, and how it helps to destigmatise the taboo subject of death and dying.

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