That seemed to be a theme running through much of what we read this week on Forbes Leadership.

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This is the overriding theme that has run through my week, but it has been building for a while.

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And this is a theme that has consistently run through literature, too.

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There is also this underlying theme of empowering patients to understand what they are going through and what their own role is in their cancer care.

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Even the movie's theme -- hollow words about victory through sacrifice -- is pitched to this constituency.

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This year again, through a conference series, the launch of an experiment in schools across the world on the theme of water and special emphasis on this theme in its programmes, UNESCO will work to make these wishes come true.

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