Dr Erica Borgstrom on End-of-Life Care, advance care planning, ethnography and imposter syndrome in academia

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In this episode, hear Dr. Erica Borgstrom discuss End-of-Life Care, anthropology, palliative care, ethnography, thanatology and death studies, as well as ‘imposter syndrome’ in academia. Who is Erica? Erica is a medical anthropologist and lecturer at the Open University, where she is the Qualifications Lead for Health and Social Care and the lead for Open Thanatology. She is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Erica is one of the two editors for the academic journal Mortality. Her specialist area in research and teaching is death and dying, with an emphasis on end-of-life care. She uses her anthropological skills to disrupt the normative concepts in end-of-life care by foregrounding people’s everyday experiences and the structural and discursive elements that shape how care is provided. She is involved in several projects about palliative and end-of-life care. You can follow Erica on Twitter @EricaBorsgstrom Watch ‘Should everyone have an ‘end-of-life’ plan?’ here. Watch ‘Life or Death Decisions’ here. Experience the ‘Life or Death Decisions’ interactive here. How do I cite the episode in my research and reading lists? To cite this episode, you can use the following citation: Borgstrom, E. (2021) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 17 September 2021. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16640065.v1 Check out more episodes or find out more about the hosts! Got a question? Get in touch. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedeathstudiespodcast/message

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