Grief and Being a Police Officer

 

Many people in helping professions see death and grief regularly. Cartoonist-in-residence, Susan MacLeod, asked a retired RCMP member for his reflections on that aspect of his career. We appreciate his thoughtful reflections, illustrated here.

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Susan MacLeod

Susan MacLeod is a Nova Scotian artist writing and drawing about health care issues. Her humorous book, Dying for Attention: A Graphic Memoir of Nursing Home Care, follows her nine-year journey shepherding her mother through a callous long-term care system. This inspired her interest in end-of-life and grief issues.

https://www.susanmacleod.ca/
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