Kathryn Mannix is a palliative care doctor and the author of With The End In Mind.
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(00:00) Regret, mistakes, and living fully
(02:05) Hospice work and “encountering death”
(04:40) Early medicine: oncology training and dying patients
(07:20) Falling out of love with oncology research culture
(10:10) The hospice “statement from fate”
(13:05) Ordinary dying vs Hollywood’s scary version
(16:05) Living while dying: love, family, relationships
(19:05) Practical “sadmin”: sorting life before death
(22:10) Why regret gets a bad rap
(25:30) Doing the work: turning wounds into scars
(28:55) Dying environments: people and mood matter most
(32:10) Nana’s wisdom: losing familiarity with dying
(35:40) Medicine “kidnapped dying” and death taboo
(38:50) Values-based planning: “what matters most to me”
(41:55) Death education, pets, and breaking secrecy
(44:10) What dying looks like: hearing and breathing changes
(47:25) Trauma from misunderstanding dying sounds
(50:35) Comfort meds, guilt, and what happens after death
