ABSTRACT

A Long Walk Home is Rachel Clark’s evocative and moving account of her treatment and experiences with health professionals in Britain and Australia while she was living with, and dying from, cancer. It includes an Epilogue by her twin sister Naomi Jefferies, and learning points for health professionals by John Hasler and David Pendleton.

chapter 1|16 pages

Inside out and upside down - diagnosis

chapter 2|6 pages

Ice magic - chemotherapy

chapter 4|10 pages

Roots and roses - my origins and image

chapter 5|22 pages

All the King’s horses - surgery

chapter 6|10 pages

Tattoos and technology - radiotherapy

chapter 7|14 pages

England’s pastures green - coming home

chapter 8|18 pages

A panoramic view - the background picture

chapter 9|10 pages

The messages for health professionals

chapter 11|10 pages

Epilogue