69 | Dr. Emily Chang on compassion fatigue & paediatric palliative care

Dr. Emily Chang is a paediatric palliative care specialist at Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland. She whakapapas back to Taiwan where her parents were born and raised. They emigrated to Aotearoa over 40 years ago and raised their family, now calling Aotearoa their home.In this episode, we discuss her journey into paediatric palliative care, how to get into training and what it looks like, their day-to-day in palliative care and the conditions they see that differ to adult medicine. We also discuss her approach to palliative care conversations, the challenges around funding and hospice, what euthanasia means for paediatric palliative care, and her signs of compassion fatigue. Support the showAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected]. Audio credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y

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