There is little value in having a multidisciplinary team if the members don’t work in an interdisciplinary way. Without this approach, the team is little more than a collection of individuals going about their day, doing their own thing. Not really a team at all. .

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RT @drkathrynmannix: Listen to Prof of palliative medicine @rmacleod5; pall care social worker @jowoodSW; Violet Guide & manager Rose Dillo….

RT @drkathrynmannix: Delighted to share @Violet_org_au's new podcast, Violet's 5 Questions: a deep dive into deep conversations. In these 6….

RT @k_eagar: Told today by 2 palliative care units they are being closed & turned into COVID units. I know hospital management would not ha….

RT @DeSouzaRN: @jowoodSW @SLBaldry So much this. You might like this

When I visit aged care facilities, residents talk about their loneliness. They talk about a focus on tasks - that no one is seeing the real them. The person behind the task. A person with a rich life history. A person with likes, dislikes, fears, worries, interests & wisdom.

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RT @CEO_Violet: Very exciting times at @Violet_org_au: a new #podcast series to deliver our Academy #training & #inspiration! Thank you to….

RT @AdamMGrant: Pressuring people to be positive turns emotional intelligence into emotional labor. Toxic workplaces police people’s emoti….

Life can be messy, uncertain & complex. The human experience doesn’t fit into neat little boxes. Sitting with distress is challenging. But, if someone can sit with my pain, then it gives me the sense that I can carry all of that complexity inside of me and survive.

RT @NatsforDocs: Your value as a human is not determined by your usefulness to another person, institution or system.

RT @chronicnotebook: We don't talk enough about grief & loss with chronic illness/disability. The loss of your health, the life that could'….

RT @drkathrynmannix: #MedicalTwitter, this is not OK. Please look at this story, & the responses, to see the uphill struggle we have to tal….

There have been times where I’ve sat on the floor with a person as they cried and screamed and wailed with raw grief. I didn’t talk, I just sat. Sometimes I held them. There are times where people don’t need words. They need presence. They need warmth. They need safety.

RT @jenheemstra: Knowing a lot about a research area and having the skills to be a great leader are not the same thing. Academia would be s….

RT @charlie_psych: Describing someone as manipulative is incompatible with compassionate & collaborative healthcare. It's important to noti….

RT @Violet_org_au: Our clinical committee member, Dr Kathryn Mannix, explains in this 4 minute video why "Dying actually is not as bad as y….

RT @MelPetrakis: I was talking to about 100 final year #socialwork students last week about how/why a focus on #selfcare is not enough, is….

RT @NaheedD: Would Canada react differently if the remains of 215 white children were discovered?.

RT @aclientfirst: I have no idea why some therapists and therapies put emphasis on forgiveness as a desired outcome. Oppressed, abused and….