Tag: St. Christopher’s Hospice
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St. Christopher’s Hospice
Thomas Egnew Washington, United States St. Christopher’s Hospice The twentieth century produced an extraordinary evolution in modern medicine. Burgeoning research and the rigorous application of the biomedical model generated remarkable advances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.1 Refinements in immunization decreased morbidity and mortality from common infectious diseases and the development of antibiotics…
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Dame Cicely Saunders and the foundation of the hospice movement
Julie Silverman Seattle, Washington, United States Dame Cicely Saunders Photography as originally appeared in The Telegraph, UK “Many doctors nowadays, when the death of their patients becomes imminent, seem to believe that it is quite proper to leave the dying in the care of the nurses and the sorrowing relatives,” lamented Dr. Alfred Worcester…