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Bereavement 3: Assessing risk

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Mary was a 39 year old woman, divorced with a 9 year old boy and a 16 year old daughter.

She had advanced breast carcinoma and required several hospital admissions, but insisted on returning home where she died peacefully a few days later.

Her recently widowed mother had been staying with them and has stayed on to look after the children.  Her ex-husband had been visiting regularly but has had to return to work as a lorry driver.