Violet's 5 Questions: A deep dive into deep conversations

In Episode Six we speak to Professor Rod Macleod, a longtime Palliative Care Physician who is currently an Honorary Professor at the University of Auckland, an Associate Consultant at Hammondcare and the Chair of Violet's Clinical Committee. Rod chooses one of the 15,000 conversations he's had over the course of his career in medicine to reflect on.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode Five we talk to Jo Wood, a Palliative Care Social Worker. Jo reflects on a series of conversations between herself, an elderly woman with dementia and her husband.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode Four Violet's Manager of Experience and Engagement, Rose Dillon, shares her experience talking to her mother about advance care planning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode Three we talk to Terri Soller, Managing Director at Conversus Leaders, whose expertise include executive coaching and leadership capacity. Terri revisits a conversation with her father after he refuses further medical treatment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode Two Dr Imogen Mitchell, Intensive care specialist and Executive director for research and academic partnerships at the Canberra Hospital and Dean at ANU Medical School talks about a conversation that she wishes she had approached very differently. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We open the podcast by welcoming co-creator of Violet's 5 Questions, Dr Kathryn Mannix. A palliative care physician who has had her fair share of daunting conversations, shares a personal conversation with us about grief, and what she learned from silence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.