Death Cafe profile for RachelMc
National Dying Matters week comes around every May. It is a time for us all to stop and think about our futures. Death will come to us all one day. Talking about it will not make it happen sooner; it will just mean that we and our loved ones are ...
New Blog post: Use the D words
Posted by RachelMc on May 7, 2018, 8:38 a.m. 1 comment
Working in Palliative Care, I frequently coming across colleagues using euphemisms which can be easily misinterpreted by patients and their families. I've written a short poem to highlight the many phrases we use and to encourage everyone to simply use the 'D' words - death, dying, dead - we all know exactly what they mean:
Anything but the 'D' words
Let’s just say Jim didn’t fix it.
She’s toast, brown bread;
Bought it ...