Review
` . . . there is much here to savour and it is hard to imagine that many hospice, hospital or social science libraries will long remain without this work.' Hospice Information Bulletin
` . . . a fascinating book . . . For those interested in the development of the hospice movement in the UK and across the world, this represents an invaluable source book of original data . . . it represents excellent value, and a volume that should be on the shelf of every Palliative Care team.' European Journal of Cancer Care
`. . . there is much here to savour and it is hard to imagine that many hospice, hospital or social science libraries will long remain without this work.' Hospice Information Bulletin
`. . . a fascinating book . . . For those interested in the development of the hospice movement in the UK and across the world, this represents an invaluable source book of original data . . . it represents excellent value, and a volume that should be on the shelf of every Palliative Care team.' European Journal of Cancer Care
Product Description
In 1967 Dame Cicely Saunders opened St. Christopher's Hospice in London to promote clinical innovation, education and research in the care of dying people. That humanitarian action launched what became the world-wide movement of palliative care. Cicely Saunders had conceived of a
comprehensive approah to dealing with the physical, social and psychological suffering of dying people.
This book provides an insight into how Dame Cicely's ideas developed, where they took root and the remarkable effects they had subsequently, all around the world. Previously unpublished letters tell the extraordinary story of the international spread of a modern hospice and palliative care
movement.
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