I hereby declare that this 1Ubmi11ion is my own work and that, to the belt of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of a university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgement is made in the text. {Sign This work is dedicated to the many cancer patients and family members whom it has been my privilege

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... meet over the last ten years. Their courage and capacity to cope, even in extreme adversity, is what inspired this study. In particular I am indebted to the fifty people who were the subjects of the research reported herein. They allowed me the honour of sharing their personal experiences during a most traumatic and stressful period of their lives. What they have taught me about living is truly humbling.