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Verite is a journalist. Ethnic background/nationality' White British.

Penny is a married training development manager. Ethnic background/nationality' White British.

Sandra is a married nurse with two children. Ethnic background / nationality' White British

Linda is a married teaching assistant with one adult child. Ethnic background / nationality' White British

Patricia is a married clerk with two grown up children. Ethnic background / nationality' White British

Eileen is a retired writer and single. Ethnic background / nationality' White British

Di is a married teacher with two adult sons. Ethnic background / nationality' White British

Educational psychologist (part-time), married, one child

Civil Servant, cohabiting, no children. Ethnic background' White British.

Nurse; married, 2 adult children.

Sales Assistant; married, 4 adult children.

Retired day centre social worker, married, 2 adult children.

Mother, married, one child.

Retired nurse manager, married, one adult child.

Podiatrist; married; no children.

Social services care manager, divorced, three adult children.

Diagnosed with lung cancer in 2000, followed by pneumonectomy (right lung removed) in April 2000.

Mature PhD student, married with two adult children. Ethnic background' White British.

Ann is married with 3 children. She was a GP for over 35 years till her retirement when she developed pancreatic cancer, co-founder of the DIPEx Charity's websites Healthtalkonline and Youthhealthtalk inspired by her own experience of breast cancer, and Medical Director of the Oxford University Health Experiences Research Group. Ethnic background/Nationality' White British.

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A retired doctor, married with 3 children. Ethnic background' White British.