Dr Mark Taubert
Clinical Director, Consultant Physician & Honorary Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine
- Email:
- taubertm@cardiff.ac.uk
- Location:
- Velindre NHS Trust
Work:
- National Strategic Lead for Advance Care Planning in Wales
- Byw Nawr/Live Now coalition clinical lead
- Harvard Medical School GCSRT programme faculty
- Welsh End of Life Care board member
- NHS Bevan Commission Senior Fellow
- BMJ Group Editor (BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care)
Writing, Media & Bringing Palliative Care to wider public attention:
Articles in the Washington Post, The Guardian, Quillette, Chicago Tribune, The Times, The Independent, The Big Issue, HuffPost UK, & BBC News
Interviews and media appearances include BBC Horizon We Need to Talk About Death, ITV, Fox News, BBC Radio 4.
Cultural collaborations include a West End show in London's Soho Theatre, entitled "The Colours" , National Theatre Wales' production "As Long As The Heart Beats" and taking part in the BBC Listening Project.
Speaker engagements:
Plenaries at numerous healthcare, research, sociology and technology events. Other events of interest:
- Tedx Talk Cardiff
- Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival Scotland
- Sorveiv Music Festival Norway
- Hay Literary Festival Wales
Awards:
- Researcher of the Year Award Winner 2019 European Association for Palliative Care Award ceremony at 16th World Congress of the EAPC in Berlin, Germany
- Winner of Excellence in Patient Care Awards 2019 Royal College of Physicians, London
- Winner Health Service Journal Patient Safety Awards (Palliative Care category) 2018
- Winner BMA/BMJ Clinical Teacher of the Year award 2017
- Winner NHS Wales Award (2016)
- Winner BEST Educational Supervisor Award in Wales 2016 - Wales Deanery
Projects:
- TalkCPR website Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions in palliative care
- Digital Legacy Association
- E-ELCA on Do Not Attempt CPR communication skills
- Moth project Falmouth University graphic design collaboration exhibited in galleries & conferences
- Advance Care Planning website for NHS Wales - an online area for patients, proxy & healthcare professionals
- Velindre VR Project: Virtual Reality video library. Details Wales STEME Conference VR in MedEd Plenary video
Mark is a palliative care doctor and senior lecturer. He created the TalkCPR.com website & app and has given a Ted Talk on why language and wording is important in palliative care. He writes for international newspapers and web based media outlets on contemporary medical topics. Mark took part in a BBC Horizon programme on Palliative Care alongside Kevin Fong, and has also done extensive media work with television, theatre and radio. He has talked about medical topics at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at Hay Literary Festival.
A few years ago he had a brief brush with fame, when his posthumous letter to David Bowie, which covers the components of good end of life care, went viral on the internet and in global newsrooms. The letter has been made into a classical music composition which was aired on BBC Radio 3, and has been publicly read out by various celebrities and drifters in locations including New York, London, Hay-on-Wye, Edinburgh and Berlin.
He hails from Hessen in Germany and has settled in the land of song, Wales. On occasion, he acts as an adviser for a Welsh TV soap opera called Pobol y Cwm, on matters medical, end of life and palliative, and he has thus far choreographed the deaths of two of the programme's main characters.
Media: CNN BBC World El Mundo Billboard Himalayan Times NME Rolling Stone Western Mail BBC Radio 4 Edinburgh Fringe Wales Deanery Hay Festival Podcast BBC Fortunately Podcast
Writing: The Guardian Washington Post Huff Post UK BMJ Hay Literary Fest International Writers Quillette BMA
Letters of Note:
2019
- Hopewell-Kelly, N.et al. 2019. Palliative care research centre's move into social media: constructing a framework for ethical research, a consensus paper. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 9(2), pp. 219-224. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000889)
- Evans, L. and Taubert, M. 2019. State of the science: the doll is dead: simulation in palliative care education. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 99(2), pp. 117-119. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001595)
- Taubert, M.et al. 2019. FC20: Virtual Reality in Palliative Care Teaching - Results of a longitudinal survey study. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019. SAGE, (10.1177/0269216319844405)
- Minton, O., Norris, J. and Taubert, M. 2019. SPS6: Digital Legacy Conference- Usque Twitterati ad Mortem [Abstract]. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019. SAGE, (10.1177/0269216319844405)
- Taubert, M., Minton, O. and Keeley, P. 2019. Free communication 07: the Berlin trilogy: David Bowie, palliative care and Berlin- a public reading [Abstract]. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the EAPC, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019Palliative Medicine, Vol. 33. SAGE pp. 43., (10.1177/0269216319844405)
- Taubert, M. 2019. Plenary: bringing palliative care to the public and the impact of new media [Abstract]. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the EAPC, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019Palliative Medicine, Vol. 33. Vol. 6. SAGE pp. 9., (10.1177/0269216319844405)
- Taubert, M. 2019. Associer les patients aux décisions de refus de la réanimation cardiopulmonaire : la réalité, les mythes et l’approche « Talk CPR » au pays de Galles [Editorial]. Médecine Palliative 18(2), pp. 59-61. (10.1016/j.medpal.2018.11.008)
- Taubert, M. 2019. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is leading a double life: are we giving it an alibi? [Editorial]. British Journal of Hospital Medicine 80(2), pp. 64-65. (10.12968/hmed.2019.80.2.64)
- Taubert, M. 2019. SPS6: Digital legacy and future care planning - Stories from a Cancer Hospital. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019. SAGE, (10.1177/0269216319844405)
- Cass, K. and Taubert, M. 2019. PO1-084: Making a 'Do Not Resuscitate Decision' on Twitter- A patient's story. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019. SAGE, (10.1177/0269216319844405)
- Taubert, M. and Frazer, R. 2019. Acute oncology service = Acute palliative service? Early palliative care assessment results from a pilot project in South Wales. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019. SAGE, (1012776/90221696231169381498444404505)
- Russell, S., Taubert, M. and Johnston, B. 2019. Using Twitter to recruit, participate in, and disseminate Palliative Care Research: A rapid review. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019. SAGE, (10.1177/0269216319844405)
- Taubert, M., Norris, J. and Davies, J. M. V. 2019. PO1-070: Using social media in palliative care research- The pitfalls, the opportunities. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019. SAGE, (10.1177/0269216319844405)
- Taubert, M., Salkeld, N. and Rudolph, A. 2019. Art in health: The MOTH-TalkCPR graphic design collaboration to help resuscitation discussions in Palliative Care settings. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019. SAGE, (10.1177/0269216319844405)
- Taubert, M., Edwards, S. and Snow, V. 2019. PO1-279: TalkCPR- A national project to evaluate technology resources in Do Not Attempt CPR discussions. Presented at: 16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 May 2019. SAGE, (10.1177/0269216319844405)
- Taubert, M.et al. 2019. Virtual reality videos used in undergraduate palliative and oncology medical teaching: results of a pilot study. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001720)
2018
- Taubert, M. 2018. Yes, doctors need to talk about dying, but what if patients start the conversation?. British Medical Journal (BMJ) 363(8175), article number: k4648. (10.1136/bmj.k4648)
- Taubert, M.et al. 2018. Talk CPR - a technology project to improve communication in do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions in palliative illness. BMC Palliative Care 17, article number: 118. (10.1186/s12904-018-0370-9)
- Cass, K. S. and Taubert, M. 2018. Twitter helped me decide that I'm not for resuscitation. BMJ 362, article number: k2784. (10.1136/bmj.k2784)
- Taubert, M. 2018. Keynote: Using virtual reality in Palliative Care Teaching. Presented at: Wales Deanery Sharing Excellence in Medical Education (STEME) Conference 2018, Cardiff, UK, 04 Sep 2018. pp. -.
- Taubert, M. 2018. The Hitchhiker's Guide to virtual reality and digital media on the wards. Presented at: 2nd Digital Health & Care Conference Wales, Cardiff, UK, 07-08 November 2018. pp. -.
- Taubert, M. 2018. Keynote The Genie in a bottle- Medics in the wild world of social media. Presented at: 9th Association for Paediatric Palliative Medicine Conference, Birmingham NEC, 23 November 2018. pp. -.
- Taubert, M. 2018. Serious illness conversations- Exposing the myths and realities of ceilings of treatment interactions. Presented at: Physicians at the cutting edge- Royal College of Physicians Wales Spring Meeting, Deeside, Wales, UK, 16-17 May 2018. pp. -.
- Taubert, M. 2018. Social media in palliative medicine research: jump into the cool water [Editorial]. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 8(3), pp. 292-293. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001620)
2017
- Snow, V.et al. 2017. P18- Advance care planning across England and Wales. Leading, Learning and Innovating, Hospice UK 2017 National Conference [Abstract]. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 7(Supp 2)
- Norris, J. and Taubert, M. 2017. Changing attitudes and behaviours towards digital legacy and digital assets. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 7(S2), pp. A20-A21. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-hospice.57)
- Norris, J., Strand, J. and Taubert, M. 2017. #DayOfTheDead - Attitudes towards Death on the internet and social media microblogs. Presented at: 5th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Madrid, Spain, 18-20 May 2017. Hayward
- Norris, J., Strand, J. and Taubert, M. 2017. PO1-263 Who do you think you are? Anticipatory digital legacy planning and how it can work. Presented at: 15th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Madrid, Spain, 18-20 May 2017.
- Taubert, M. 2017. Palliative social media - Jean Genie in a bottle. Presented at: 15th Kaleidoscope Palliative Care Conference Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 30-31 May 2017. pp. -.
- Taubert, M. 2017. Plenary 6: Bowie, Blogs and #TalkCPR. Presented at: The Society for Acute Medicine Spring Conference (SAM 2017), Cardiff, UK, 04-05 May 2017. pp. -.
2016
- Taubert, M. 2016. Thank you letter to David Bowie from a palliative care doctor. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 6(4), pp. 500-501. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001242)
- Norris, J. and Taubert, M. 2016. P-221 Working with hospices to ensure patients' digital legacy wishes are adhered to. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 6(S1), pp. A88-A89. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001245.242)
- Grose, J. C., Taubert, M. and Buss, P. 2016. Discussing 'Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation' decisions with patients. Medicine 44(10), pp. 602-606. (10.1016/j.mpmed.2016.07.004)
- Schmidt-Hansen, M.et al. 2016. The effectiveness of buprenorphine for treating cancer pain: an abridged Cochrane review. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 6(3), pp. 292-306. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000939)
- Taubert, M.et al. 2016. Oral Presentation FC46: Effectiveness and tolerability of Buprenorphine for cancer pain - A Cochrane review. Presented at: 9th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), Dublin, Ireland, 9-11 June 2016Palliative Medicine, Vol. 30. Vol. 6. pp. NP36., (10.1177/0269216316646056)
- Rigby, M. and Taubert, M. 2016. Colouring books for adults on the cancer ward. BMJ 2016(352), article number: h6795. (10.1136/bmj.h6795)
- Taubert, M. 2016. Medicine in the vast world of social media. Presented at: Joint Meeting of Royal College of Physicians of Wales (RCP-SoPW) 2016, Cardiff, UK, 17-18 November 2016. pp. -.
- Taubert, M. 2016. Jean Genie in a bottle- When Bowie's death met with social media & palliative care. Presented at: British Sociological Association Conference. Death, Dying and Bereavement & Technologies in the 21st Century, University of Sheffield, UK, 02 Dec 2016. pp. -.
2015
- Sivell, S.et al. 2015. Identifying the key elements of an education package to up-skill multidisciplinary adult specialist palliative care teams caring for young adults with life-limiting conditions: an online Delphi study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 5(3), pp. 306-315. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000595)
- Taubert, M. and Norris, J. 2015. The digitalisation of dying, loss and grief on social media channels. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 5(Suppl), article number: A18.2. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000906.57)
- Schmidt-Hansen, M.et al. 2015. Buprenorphine for treating cancer pain. The Cochrane Library 3, article number: CD009596. (10.1002/14651858.CD009596.pub4)
2014
- Taubert, M. 2014. Abstracts of the 8th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC). Palliative Medicine 28(6), pp. 538. (10.1177/0269216314532748)
- Taubert, M.et al. 2014. Palliating social media in palliative care. Presented at: 8th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), Lleida, Spain, Lleida, Spain, 5-7 June 2014.
- Taubert, M.et al. 2014. Palliative social media. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 4(1), pp. 13-18. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000584)
- Taubert, M., Norris, J. and Browne, J. 2014. Can we palliate social media?. Presented at: Macmillan Professionals Conference 2014, London, UK, 26-27 November 2014. pp. -.
2013
- Schmidt-Hansen, M.et al. 2013. Buprenorphine for treating cancer pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (10.1002/14651858.CD009596.pub3)
- Lidstone, V.et al. 2013. Transition in palliative care study day series. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 3(S1), pp. A48-A49. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000591.131)
- Sivell, S.et al. 2013. 'NEW' POPULATION, NEW CHALLENGES: YOUNG ADULTS IN PALLIATIVE CARE. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 3(132), pp. 1. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000453b.21)
- Taubert, M.et al. 2013. An exploration of the word 'palliative' in the 19th century: searching the BMJ archives for clues. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 3(1), pp. 26-30. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000288)
- Sivell, S.et al. 2013. 012 Improving the transition process for young people with life-limiting conditions. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 3(A5) (10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000591.12)
2012
- Lidstone, V.et al. 2012. Enabling positive transition: innovative training to support adult specialist palliative care (SPC) teams to care for young adults with life-limiting conditions including complex needs. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 2(A116), pp. 1. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000196.341)
- Taubert, M.et al. 2012. Opioids in palliative care: is the new NICE guideline relevant to specialist palliative care providers?. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2(3), pp. 209-212. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000313)
2011
- Taubert, M. 2011. Palliative Care provided by out-of-hours doctors - setting the scene and implementing an education programme. Presented at: BMJ International Forum Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Amsterdam, 05-08 April 2011.
- Taubert, M. and Nelson, A. 2011. Heartsink encounters: a qualitative study of end-of-life care in out-of-hours general practice. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Short Reports 2(9), article number: 70. (10.1258/shorts.2011.011020)
- Taubert, M., Noble, S. I. and Nelson, A. 2011. What challenges good palliative care provision out-of-hours? A qualitative interview study of out-of-hours general practitioners. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 1(1), pp. 13-18. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000015)
2010
- Taubert, M. and Nelson, A. 2010. Out-of-hours GPs and palliative care-a qualitative study exploring information exchange and communication issues. BMC Palliative Care 9, article number: 18. (10.1186/1472-684X-9-18)
- Taubert, M. and Nelson, A. 2010. 'Oh God, not a Palliative': out-of-hours general practitioners within the domain of palliative care. Palliative Medicine 24(5), pp. 501-509. (10.1177/0269216310368580)
- Taubert, M.et al. 2010. Re: Update on cancer pain guidelines [Letter]. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 39(2), pp. e1-e5. (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.11.240)
- Taubert, M. and Nelson, A. 2010. Strangers in the night - Out of hours doctors and palliative care patients. Presented at: The 8th Palliative Care Congress, Palliative Medicine. 24(2):217, 2010., Bournemouth, UK, 10-12 March 2010.
- Taubert, M.et al. 2010. P 209 Review of current morphine prescribing - could do better. Presented at: 6thResearch Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care 2010, Glasgow, 10-12 June 2010.
2009
- Taubert, M. and Pease, N. 2009. Exactly who is entitled to free NHS care?. European Journal of Palliative Care 16(2), pp. 62-64.
- Taubert, M. 2009. Inconsistent morphine prescribing guidelines. Presented at: 11th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care 2009, Vienna, Austria, 7-10 May 2009. pp. -.
2008
- Taubert, M., Dowd, T. C. and Wood, A. 2008. Malnutrition and bilateral central retinal vein occlusion in a young woman: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2(1), article number: 77. (10.1186/1752-1947-2-77)
- Taubert, M., Davies, E. and Back, I. 2008. Mundtrockenheit. PRAXIS 97(21), pp. 1131. (10.1024/1661-8157.97.21.1131)
- Taubert, M. and Elwyn, G. 2008. Sticky knowledge in healthcare settings- Models for investigating implementation barriers in healthcare contexts. Presented at: KT08 Forum- Knowledge Translation Forum for the Future , Alberta, Canada, Banff, Canada, 9-11 June 2008.
2007
- Back, I. and Taubert, M. 2007. A case report : Akathisia and an unusual symptomatic treatment. Palliative Medicine 21(8), pp. 713-715. (10.1177/0269216307083598)
- Taubert, M. and Back, I. 2007. The Akathisic Cyclist - An unusual symptomatic treatment. Presented at: 10th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Budapest, Hungary, 7-9 June 2007.
- Elwyn, G.et al. 2007. Lost in the global sum? Professional and practice development in primary care after the new general practice contract. British Journal of General Practice 57(539), pp. 439-440.
- Elwyn, G.et al. 2007. Which test is best for Helicobacter pylori? A cost-effectiveness model using decision analysis. British Journal of General Practice 57(538), pp. 401-403.
- Taubert, M. 2007. Overcoming language barriers in palliative care. European Journal of Palliative Care 14(2), pp. 78-79.
- Elwyn, G., Taubert, M. and Kowalczuk, J. 2007. Sticky knowledge: A possible model for investigating implementation in healthcare contexts. Implementation Science 2, article number: 44. (10.1186/1748-5908-2-44)
- Taubert, M., Davies, E. M. R. and Back, I. 2007. Dry mouth. British Medical Journal (BMJ) 334(7592), pp. 534. (10.1136/bmj.39036.433542.68)
- Taubert, M. 2007. Palliativmedizin in Grossbritannien- Beliebte Karriereoption. Deutsches Aerzteblatt 104(36), article number: A2389.
2006
- Taubert, M. and Kandasamy, J. 2006. Self harm in Goth youth subculture: Conclusion relates only to small sample. BMJ 332(7551), article number: 1216. (10.1136/bmj.332.7551.1216)
- Taubert, M. 2006. European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL). BMJ 332(7540), article number: s89. (10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s89)
- Taubert, M. 2006. Use of Google as a diagnostic aid. British Medical Journal (BMJ) 333(7581), pp. 1270.1. (10.1136/bmj.39058.703194.3A)
2005
- Taubert, M. 2005. The bad news and the bad news. BMJ 330(7499), pp. 1063. (10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1063)
2000
- Ellis, J. D.et al. 2000. Surgery for full- thickness macular holes with short-duration prone posturing: Results of a pilot study. Eye 14(3), pp. 307-312. (10.1038/eye.2000.78)