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Religion, faith and philosophy

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• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 61-70 >> Interview 39 >> She has found a sense of peace and calm.

Diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in 1995, which was treated with regular chemotherapy, at least every nine months. In 2003 developed metastases in the spine.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 30-50 >> Interview 13 >> Some of the nurses at the hospice are quite religious but do not push it on those who do not want religion.

Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995, followed by lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Secondary tumours (metastases) diagnosed in 2000.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 30-50 >> Interview 25 >> She would like access to a hospice to receive good pastoral care.

Diagnosed with end stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in 1986. Also has early heart failure and severe osteoporosis, and is treated with medication, a nebuliser and oxygen.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 51-60 >> Interview 06 >> He would like to believe that there is something after death but wonders if he is 'clutching at straws'.

Diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy in 2000.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 81-90 >> Interview 07 >> She has stopped worrying about whether or not there is a God and accepts the situation.

Breast cancer diagnosed in 1985 followed by lumpectomy and then mastectomy. In 1987 cancer was diagnosed in other breast, followed by lumpectomy. In 2002 metastases were found in liver, lungs and bones.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 61-70 >> Interview 11 >> She is a Christian and looks forward to life after death.

Diagnosed in 1993 with lymphoma, treated with chemotherapy, and then developed heart failure.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 61-70 >> Interview 22 >> She is a Christian and believes that at death the spirit leaves the body.

Had two sub-arachnoid haemorrhages in 1993 and then developed hydrocephalus. Had a shunt inserted in 1994, which was "revised" (removed and replaced) in 2000.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Carers >> Interview 40 >> Her father was afraid of dying and she found it hard to comfort him because he didn't have faith in any religion.

Daughter of a man who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in June 2001, at the age of 81, and who died in October 2001.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 71-80 >> Interview 18 >> He believes in life after death and thinks that we should pray for the grace to have no fear.

Diagnosed with bladder cancer and prostate cancer in 2001, followed by transurethral resections in 2001 and 2002, and then a prostatectomy and cystectomy (removal of bladder) and urostomy in 2002.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 51-60 >> Interview 17 >> Says she is probably a humanist but finds it comforting to know that others are praying for her.

Diagnosed with cancer of the kidney in 2001, with metastases in the lung and bone. Treated with surgery, Interferon, and radiotherapy (to bone), and also complementary therapy.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 30-50 >> Interview 32 >> Thinks that great comfort can be drawn from other religions even if you are not religious.

Diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2001, followed by anterior resection of the colon and chemotherapy In 2003 secondary tumour found in the liver, followed by a liver section. Has also used complementary therapies.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 71-80 >> Interview 31 >> Says that people live after death through their genes and because they influence the way others live their lives.

Diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in January 2003, (particularly affecting the right lung), followed by chemotherapy.

• Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 61-70 >> Interview 15 >> She lost her faith when she developed sarcoma but now that she has survived two years she wonders whether God exists.

Breast cancer diagnosed in 1992, followed by a lumpectomy and radiotherapy. Sarcoma diagnosed in 2000, followed by double mastectomy.