Preparing seriously ill patients and their families for the journey ahead
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Hsien Seow was six when his mother, Suat-Tein, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died four years later. The close-knit family that included Seow’s father and older brother wasn’t prepared for her death, holding out hope as doctors had suggested until the last week of her life.
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