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Presence of support groups make big difference in patient treatment

When her mother died from liver cancer complications in 2006, Mercy Owiti wished there could have been a more decent goodbye than one shrouded in pain.

But when her father was also diagnosed with the same illness, the script was different because she was trained in palliative care and ensured her father was comfortable.

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