Part of me goes with each patient. The other reason that Anne has had a vital interest in this work and empathy with patients is that her own brother has had cancer for the last twenty years. She has experienced cancer as a relative of the patient and knows what that feels like. Nursing cancer patients in Anne's view is not depressing because there is a lot more honesty. People suddenly have to face their life and look at it head on and because of that honesty it is possible to laugh together and at times to cry together.
People look at life in a totally different way.
The cancer ward is not a place of doom and gloom. The role of complementary medicine Anne has always had an interest in complementary health and with people with cancer there sometimes comes a point where traditional medicine has nothing more to offer and people want to support the rest of their journey with some other form of medicine - often a complementary health modality. Because of Anne's interest in it she can offer advice and support in finding what is helpful. She can also caution people about some of the alternatives that are not going to be helpful to them. The holistic approach encompasses this too.