Jan. 14, 2019
In this narrative, Dr. Susan MacDonald reflects on her involvement in the end-of-life choices of one of her patients.Dr. Susan MacDonald is a palliative care physician and associate professor of medicine and family medicine Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She wrote a Humanities Encounters article published in CMAJ called "Leo died the other day."To read the article (subscription required): www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180953-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. https://shop.cma.ca/products/encounters-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.
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