Karen Dickson is a Launceston resident with 30 years’ nursing and midwifery experience. In her everyday work in the Emergency Department, she sees firsthand the impact of death upon individuals and families whether by trauma, attempted suicide or as a result of significant illness.
She believes that individuals have inherent value and life is precious. A person, irrespective of age or circumstance, should have the opportunity to flourish in life, and if the circumstances of life present a challenge to well-being, be cared for well.
Karen has been involved in community radio for many years, chairs the board for a national mothering organisation, is a wife and mum with three teen daughters, and believes in advocacy for those who are at risk.
Karen,
Congratulations!
I do like the positive tone of the description of your work and attitudes!
I am not sure if you ever saw the movie, Life is Beautiful. Yes,it was so sad, yet throughout it carried that message that we can make life beautiful even in the darkest situations. I have had clinical depression for many years and been very suicidal at times. I found my best remedy was to literally “walk on the sunny side of the street”. No joking! If I was walking in sunshine, I would literally cross over to “the sunny side of the street”. Killing others or killing ourselves is never the answer. We can reach out to each other in love and care. For a physician, it is never an act of love for the physician to kill the patient, nor is it an act of love for physicians or for anybody to assist a person to kill themselves. We can be lights in the darkness radiating hope. We must never snuff out the light of a life. For life, Eugene Ahern, 0402296290