AS A SPECIALIST IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, DR RACHEL CLARKE CHOOSES TO INHABIT A PLACE MANY PEOPLE WOULD FIND TOO TRAGIC TO CONTEMPLATE. EVERY DAY SHE TRIES TO BRING CARE AND COMFORT TO THOSE REACHING THE END OF THEIR LIVES AND TO HELP MAKE DYING MORE BEARABLE. RACHEL’S TRAINING WAS PUT TO THE TEST IN 2017 WHEN HER BELOVED GP FATHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL CANCER. SHE LEARNED THAT NOTHING – EVEN THE BEST PALLIATIVE CARE – CAN SUGAR-COAT THE PAIN OF LOSING SOMEONE YOU LOVE.