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1. What is a Macmillan nurse?

last reviewed: 17.10.2006

2. What is hospice at home?

last reviewed: 04.11.2004

3. My father is doing his best to look after our mother at home, she has an advanced, incurable cancer. This is causing him a lot of strain and distress. He is a devout Muslim, and has always fasted during Ramadan. My brothers and I are worried that if he does this now it will make things worse. Are we right to try and persuade him not to?

last reviewed: 01.05.2004

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