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Radio 4,09 Nov 2011,45 mins
Wild flowers with Sarah Raven, the best way to give a terminal diagnosis?
Woman's HourAvailable for over a year
Presented by Jenni Murray. Sarah Raven on wild flowers, the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson and we look at how some doctors could improve the way they give a serious and sometimes terminal diagnosis? We discuss the issue with leading oncologist Dr Jonathan Waxman who's written a book called The Elephant in the Room, a collection of real life short stories about cancer patients and their doctors, and Alison Leary who has secondary breast cancer.
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