Case Study: A Rose's Death Of A Rose

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Rose had a family. She had her husband and two adult children. She has held her position at the bank for 25 years and she was happy. Roses’s life was basically perfect. So, the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer, her life suddenly crashed down all around her.
This life changing event happened about five years ago. Rose has been a fighter throughout this entire process and has never given up hope, especially with her family by her side. She has been to many appointments and has gone through dozens of rounds of chemotherapy, but the appointment she was about to walk into was much different than her previous ones.
Rose took her normal route to the hospital for these types of appointments. In these few years she has been told multiple positive

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