Finding forgiveness in healthcare

Dying to Tell You · Apr 17, 2025 · 27m

"In this line of work, you can't see death as failure. But in this case…very much felt like a failure. I hadn’t controlled his pain.”

A brief note of caution: as the title suggests, this episode contains a story involving death by suicide.

Dr. Laura Kennedy, a palliative care physician, shares a tragic story with Cody from early in her practice—an experience that was, in her own words, "devastating." What she learned from it was that sometimes the established and careful route of treatment might not always be best for every patient.

And that even when you think you've failed, it's ok to…