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Interview 40
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It is very difficult if other family members are told the diagnosis before the patient.
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
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Age 61-70
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Interview 02
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She can't accept that she is dying and feels angry and upset that she will die before her mother.
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, lumpectomy, followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy
Dying & bereavement
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Age 51-60
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Interview 14
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His illness has helped his family come to terms with his eventual death.
Diagnosed with prostate cancer with metastases in 2001. Treated with hormone treatment, and radiotherapy and is about to start a clinical trial.
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