Caring for my dying father made me a better doctor

Dr Rachel Clarke spends her working life in the company of people who are dying, and she says they’ve taught her everything she needs to know about living. She works in palliative care for England’s National Health Service, providing support for people at the end of their lives. She adores her job, and she's written a book about how much she gets out of it. But when her beloved father became terminally ill, she had to face his decline as a daughter, not a doctor. She spoke to Outlook's Jo Fidgen.

Photo: Rachel and her father Mark
Photo credit: Sarah Oscroft