TY - JOUR T1 - Grieving with Buffy 20 years on JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 222 LP - 222 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X690701 VL - 67 IS - 658 AU - Michael Bryant Y1 - 2017/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/658/222.abstract N2 - Twenty years on, Buffy the Vampire Slayer remains a clever and intense show. Its best episodes were infused with wit and guile, which belied the title’s silliness. The series moved with remarkable ease from battles to comedy, taking in romance and tragedy, and keeping it all within a context of growing up in high school.Yet Series 5 took the show into a battle with an enemy that Buffy had no chance against: the death of her mother.1 Her mom begins suffering from collapses, then losses of consciousness and episodes of confusion. The initial denial of the problem reflects the reality of many patients with serious conditions that we all see every day. However, eventually, thanks to Buffy’s persuasion, her Mom gets a CT scan and then a biopsy.The anxious wait for results is echoed by the coldness of the hospital waiting room and the harshness of the impending diagnosis. When the doctor appears, we see one of the … ER -