Mindfulness and cancer : an orientation -- Cancer : the psychological implications / Stirling Moorey & Ursula Bates -- Cancer : the medical implications / Nicholas S.A. Stuart -- The first circle : cancer : the circle of suffering -- Starting out -- The eight week course -- The second circle : mindfulness awareness : the circle of practice -- The practices -- Mindfulness in palliative care / Ursula Bates -- Beyond the eight week course -- The third circle : being : the circle of presence -- Introducing the teacher -- Embodying the practice -- Facilitating the learning -- The three circles : mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for cancer / Trish Bartley and Ursula Bates.