Living with dying

Divorced, accounts manager (retired), 4 children.

Teacher and youth community officer (retired); married, no children.

Video retailer (retired); married, 4 children.

Auxiliary nurse (retired), divorced, 7 children.

Teacher (retired), divorced, one child.

Teacher (retired), married, 2 children.

Head of ship hydrodynamics research, married, 2 children.

Accountant (retired), widow, 3 children.

Nurse (retired), divorced, 2 children.

Senior officer in Residential Care (retired), married, 4 children.

Teacher (retired) and author, married, 4 children.

Manager of delicatessen shop (part-time), married, 2 children.

Post office clerk (retired), widow, 2 step-children.

Company director (retired), widow, 2 children.