About the Book: Dear Life : A Doctors Story Of Love Loss And Consolation
As a specialist in palliative medicine, Dr Rachel Clarke chooses to inhabit a
place many people would find too tragic to contemplate. Every day she tries to
bring care and comfort to those reaching the end of their lives and to help make
dying more bearable. Rachels training was put to the test in 2017 when her
beloved GP father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She learned that nothing -
even the best palliative care - can sugar-coat the pain of losing someone you
love. And yet, she argues, in a hospice