This chapter is a series of interviews with terminally ill patients. Mrs. S., a 49-year old cancer patient, reveals she has suffered a number of losses in her life, including the death of a young child, the death of a family doctor, and desertion by her parents and a spouse. She lives her life for her two sons, and needs to share her concerns with someone willing to listen. Her neighbor has become like a sister to her and has helped her with her children and her illness. The opportunity to talk about her past and her illness seems to help her tremendously.
A 17-year old is told of the seriousness of her condition not by her doctors, but by her parents. Her faith that her fate is in God's hands is what.....
