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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.

Media work

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]

Awards

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]

Open letter to David Bowie

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.

External links

References

  1. ^ "Prof. Mark Taubert Cardiff University School of Medicine Staff Profile". Cardiff University School of Medicine Staff Profile Page. 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  2. ^ Taubert, Mark (2020-05-31). "Coronavirus: Helping the bereaved with emotional PPE". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  3. ^ Smith, Mark (8 October 2018). "'I felt as if I had come to my homeland'- the doctors from overseas who are vital to Wales' National Health Service". Western Mail. p. 28.
  4. ^ Government, Wales (9 March 2023). "Dr Mark Taubert".
  5. ^ Vincent, Alice (18 January 2016). "'Thank you for Blackstar': Palliative care doctor writes open letter to David Bowie". The Telegraph Newspaper.
  6. ^ Leopold, Todd (2016-01-08). "David Bowie's son shares powerful letter". CNN. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowie's son shares thank you from palliative care doctor". New Zealand Herald. 18 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Duncan Jones, il figlio di Bowie, rompe il silenzio con una toccante lettera". Rolling Stone Magazine Italy. 18 January 2016.
  9. ^ Taubert, Mark (11 January 2019). "What's the last song you want to hear before you die?". The Washington Post.
  10. ^ Taubert, Mark (3 February 2016). "This is not Casualty- In real life, CPR is brutal and usually fails". The Guardian Newspaper.
  11. ^ Taubert, Mark (19 June 2023). "I thought I should always be positive with my patients – until I found out how damaging that can be". The Guardian Newspaper.
  12. ^ Taubert, Mark; Norris, James; Edwards, Sioned; Snow, Veronica; Finlay, Ilora Gillian (December 2018). "Talk CPR - a technology project to improve communication in do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions in palliative illness". BMC Palliative Care. 17 (1): 118. doi:10.1186/s12904-018-0370-9. PMC 6195698. PMID 30340632.
  13. ^ "Creating a sustainable, prudent & vibrant NHS- The TalkCPR project". Western Mail. 2016-12-05. pp. 57–58. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  14. ^ Hughes, Mary (2022-10-02). "Palliative care in the 'Kingdom in the sky': Lesotho". European Association for Palliative Care. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  15. ^ "Why Language Matters When You Know You Are Dying". TEDx. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  16. ^ Glover, Fi (2019-11-08). "The Listening Project- Mark and Faye, Trainer and Trainee". BBC Radio 4 - The Listening Project. BBC. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  17. ^ Glover, Fi (2020-03-08). "BBC Radio 4 Listening Project- Sunday Edition: Mark and Darren - Strangers in conversation". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  18. ^ Hogan, Michael (23 January 2019). "Horizon: We need to talk about Death Review: Would better palliative care help us to die happier?". Telegraph Newspaper.
  19. ^ "ITV - Velindre, Hospital of Hope". 2018-04-11.
  20. ^ "Leading Clinical teachers awarded for their work". Western Mail. 2017-04-10. p. 28. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  21. ^ "Velindre Doctor Wins Clinical Teaching Award". Glamorgan Gem. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  22. ^ Smith, Mark (2017-04-10). "Awards recognise our talented clinical teachers". Echo Newspaper. p. 25. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  23. ^ "The last thing you want to talk about? CPR in palliative illness - EPCA Awards 2019". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Prestigious fellowship for four Velindre colleagues". Velindre University NHS Trust. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Un ejemplo para los cuidados paliativos". El Mundo Newspaper. January 2016. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  26. ^ Best, Chloe (2016). "David Bowie's son returns to Twitter to share moving thank you letter from doctor". Hello Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  27. ^ Taubert, Mark (2016). "Thank You Letter to David Bowie from a Palliative Care Doctor". BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 6 (4): 500–501. doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001242. PMID 27760747. S2CID 2881997 – via British Medical Journal.
  28. ^ McDermott, Maeve (19 January 2016). "David Bowie's son reveals poignant letter from doctor". USA Today.
  29. ^ Taubert, Mark (22 January 2016). "David Bowie: NHS care doctor publishes tribute to the Starman". Independent Newspaper.
  30. ^ Powell, Emma (18 January 2016). "David Bowie's son breaks silence to post touching letter from doctor to his late father". Evening Standard.
  31. ^ "David Bowie helped lift taboo on death". BBC News. 2016. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  32. ^ Andrea, Park (18 January 2016). "Duncan Jones shares doctor's letter to David Bowie". CBS News.
  33. ^ "David Bowie's son returns to Twitter". Times of India. 17 January 2016.
  34. ^ "Benedict Cumberbatch read out a Welsh doctor's letter about dying". WalesOnline. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  35. ^ "Watch Jarvis Cocker read a letter to David Bowie about end-of-life-care". Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  36. ^ a b Rogers, Jude (2020-01-22). "Cremate me to the sound of Disco Inferno". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  37. ^ Vincent, Alice (2016-01-18). ""Thank you for Blackstar"- Palliative Care doctor writes open letter to Bowie". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  38. ^ Uren, John (11 April 2017). "BBC Radio 3' Hear & Now- Kammerklang: John Uren's 'Her Own Dying Moments' - a thank you letter to David Bowie from palliative care doctor Mark Taubert".
  39. ^ "Decontamination #7 – Boulez/Bowie". Royal Northern College of Music Concerts. 2016-11-01.
  40. ^ Bruce, Keith (12 January 2020). "Music: Aurea Quartet at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow". The Herald Scotland Newspaper.
  41. ^ Jones, Dylan (2017). David Bowie - A Life. Crown Archetype. pp. 498–501. ISBN 978-0451497833.
  42. ^ Usher, Shaun (2020). Letters of Note Music. Canongate. pp. 18–25. ISBN 9781786895592.