Prof Mark Taubert | |
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Born | Hessen, Germany |
Alma mater | University of Dundee |
Occupation | Consultant Physician |
Known for | TEDx Talk " Why language matters when you are dying" |
Notable work | Talk CPR Learning and Education Resources " TalkCPR" |
Website | Cardiff University Staff Profiles " Prof Mark Taubert" |
Professor Mark Taubert FRCP FRCGP FLSW is a German-British consultant doctor and professor of medicine at Cardiff University. [1] [2] He is a palliative care physician in Wales, who according to the Western Mail [3] and Welsh Government website [4] has contributed significantly to the development of his specialty, and has received recognition as a doctor and campaigner, nationally and internationally.
He wrote to the late David Bowie in January 2016 about a conversation he held with a dying patient, a letter that was shared across the world. [5] [6] [7] [8]
He is founder of TalkCPR, an international information campaign about cardiopulmonary resuscitation and do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions. He is national chair of the Advance & Future Care Strategy Group for the NHS Wales Executive.
He has authored articles on medical topics and palliative care in international newspapers such as the Washington Post [9] and the Guardian. [10] [11] Taubert founded Talk CPR, [12] [13] an international information campaign that discusses do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions, also known by the acronym DNACPR. His explanatory Talk CPR resources have been viewed over a million times worldwide, [14] and he has been interviewed and spoken about the topic on BBC News at Six and BBC News at 10.
Taubert has delivered a TEDx talk on the use of language in palliative care. [15] He has also featured on two palliative care themed recordings for the UK's BBC Listening Project in 2019 [16] and 2020 [17] and on BBC Horizon's 'We need to talk about Death' with Kevin Fong. [18]
He has won national and international awards for his teaching and clinical work, including a Bafta award as part of a care team featured in an ITV documentary. [19] He received the prestigious national BMJ/BMA Clinical Teacher of the year award, [20] [21] the Best Trainer Award Wales 2016 [22] and the Royal College of Physicians Excellence in Patient Care Award. [23]
In 2014, he was elected to become a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. [24]
In 2016, he published a thank you letter to David Bowie after the singer's death, with reference to Bowie's last album, Blackstar. [25] [26] The letter was initially published in the British Medical Journal [27] [28] and then the Independent Newspaper [29] and was shared by David Bowie's son Duncan Jones. [30] It went viral online and in worldwide newsrooms. [31] [32] [33] It was subsequently read out by actor Benedict Cumberbatch [34] and singer Jarvis Cocker [35] at public events. The letter addresses issues such as palliative care and planning for the end of life. Bowie's story became a way to communicate important aspects of dying with a palliative care patient. [36] [37]
The letter was turned into a classical music string quartet composition for BBC Radio 3, featuring Taubert reading the letter. [38] [36] It toured, premiering at the Royal Northern College of Music [39] and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. According to the Herald Newspaper Scotland it 'sound tracked a reading of an open letter to David Bowie by palliative care doctor Mark Taubert, which has been a celebrated part of the marking of the passing of the rock star, played here on the fourth anniversary of his death.' [40]
The open letter has also been printed in several books, including Dylan Jones' David Bowie- A Life [41] and Letters of Note - Music [42] by Shaun Usher, part of the Letters Live event brand, where the letter was read out twice.
Prof Mark Taubert | |
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Born | Hessen, Germany |
Alma mater | University of Dundee |
Occupation | Consultant Physician |
Known for | TEDx Talk " Why language matters when you are dying" |
Notable work | Talk CPR Learning and Education Resources " TalkCPR" |
Website | Cardiff University Staff Profiles " Prof Mark Taubert" |
Professor Mark Taubert FRCP FRCGP FLSW is a German-British consultant doctor and professor of medicine at Cardiff University. [1] [2] He is a palliative care physician in Wales, who according to the Western Mail [3] and Welsh Government website [4] has contributed significantly to the development of his specialty, and has received recognition as a doctor and campaigner, nationally and internationally.
He wrote to the late David Bowie in January 2016 about a conversation he held with a dying patient, a letter that was shared across the world. [5] [6] [7] [8]
He is founder of TalkCPR, an international information campaign about cardiopulmonary resuscitation and do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions. He is national chair of the Advance & Future Care Strategy Group for the NHS Wales Executive.
He has authored articles on medical topics and palliative care in international newspapers such as the Washington Post [9] and the Guardian. [10] [11] Taubert founded Talk CPR, [12] [13] an international information campaign that discusses do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions, also known by the acronym DNACPR. His explanatory Talk CPR resources have been viewed over a million times worldwide, [14] and he has been interviewed and spoken about the topic on BBC News at Six and BBC News at 10.
Taubert has delivered a TEDx talk on the use of language in palliative care. [15] He has also featured on two palliative care themed recordings for the UK's BBC Listening Project in 2019 [16] and 2020 [17] and on BBC Horizon's 'We need to talk about Death' with Kevin Fong. [18]
He has won national and international awards for his teaching and clinical work, including a Bafta award as part of a care team featured in an ITV documentary. [19] He received the prestigious national BMJ/BMA Clinical Teacher of the year award, [20] [21] the Best Trainer Award Wales 2016 [22] and the Royal College of Physicians Excellence in Patient Care Award. [23]
In 2014, he was elected to become a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. [24]
In 2016, he published a thank you letter to David Bowie after the singer's death, with reference to Bowie's last album, Blackstar. [25] [26] The letter was initially published in the British Medical Journal [27] [28] and then the Independent Newspaper [29] and was shared by David Bowie's son Duncan Jones. [30] It went viral online and in worldwide newsrooms. [31] [32] [33] It was subsequently read out by actor Benedict Cumberbatch [34] and singer Jarvis Cocker [35] at public events. The letter addresses issues such as palliative care and planning for the end of life. Bowie's story became a way to communicate important aspects of dying with a palliative care patient. [36] [37]
The letter was turned into a classical music string quartet composition for BBC Radio 3, featuring Taubert reading the letter. [38] [36] It toured, premiering at the Royal Northern College of Music [39] and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. According to the Herald Newspaper Scotland it 'sound tracked a reading of an open letter to David Bowie by palliative care doctor Mark Taubert, which has been a celebrated part of the marking of the passing of the rock star, played here on the fourth anniversary of his death.' [40]
The open letter has also been printed in several books, including Dylan Jones' David Bowie- A Life [41] and Letters of Note - Music [42] by Shaun Usher, part of the Letters Live event brand, where the letter was read out twice.