Hunger

Hollis Roth

Hunger

Authors

Hollis Roth University of Calgary

Keywords:

Poetry, Palliative Care, End of life care

Abstract

This poem explores the intersecting themes of loss and hope - which I often experience daily in my work in palliative care - through the lens of a patient-physician encounter.

Author Biography

Hollis Roth, University of Calgary

Hollis Roth is a palliative care physician (Queen’s Medicine 2016), graduate student (Queen’s MSc in Aging and Health), and writer. She uses narrative medicine to explore themes of grief, loss, and hope. Hollis lives in Lethbridge, Alberta with her two beloved cats Iggy and Roy.