Talking about cancer
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Talking about cancer

Caroline Swinburne Freelance journalist

When adults find it so difficult to talk about cancer, it's no surprise that children do too. But help is at hand, reveals Caroline Swinburne

I N A BRIGHTLY painted classroom at Honeywell junior school in Batter sea, London, teacher Beccy Mepsted is broaching a taboo subject. Today we're going to think about what we know - and also what we don't know - about cancer,' she tells her class of nine and ten year olds.

Nursing Standard. 14, 49, 20-21. doi: 10.7748/ns.14.49.20.s32

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