Cicely Saunders: Founder of the Hospice Movement : Selected Letters 1959-1999
- ISBN-10
- 0198569696
- ISBN-13
- 9780198569695
- Series
- Cicely Saunders
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 397
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- David Clark
Description
Cicely Saunders is universally acclaimed as a pioneer of modern hospice care. Trained initially in nursing and social work, she qualified in medicine in 1958 and subsequently dedicated the whole of her professional life to improving the care of the dying and bereaved people. Founding StChristopher's Hospice in London in 1967, she encouraged a radical new approach to end of life care combining attention to physical, social, emotional and spiritual problems, brilliantly captured in her concept of 'total pain'. Her ideas about clinical care, education and research have been hugelyinfluential, leading to numerous prizes and awards in recognition of her humanitarian achievements. In this book the sociologist and historian David Clark presents a selection of her vast correspondence, together with his own commentary. The letters of Cicely Saunders tell a remarkable story ofvision, determination and creativity. They should be read by anyone interested in how we die in the modern world.
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