St Christopher's Hospice

St. Christopher's Hospice is a hospice in South London, England established in 1967 by Cicely Saunders, whose work is considered the basis of modern hospice philosophy.[1]

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Legacy

Among the first staff at St. Christopher's was Florence Wald, who took Saunders' philosophies back to the United States to become the founder of the hospice movement in the United States.[2][3][4] In 1971 Robert Twycross was appointed as a Clinical Research Fellow by Saunders. During his tenure there, his studies on the effectiveness of morphine, diamorphine and methadone helped standardize and simplify the management of cancer pain.[5]

Features

The hospice contains scupltures by the artist Witold Gracjan Kawalec.

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References

  1. ^ Connor, Stephen R. (1998). Hospice: Practice, Pitfalls, and Promise. Taylor & Francis. p. 5. ISBN 1560325135. 
  2. ^ Colby, William H. (2007). Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America. AMACOM Div American Mgmt. Assn. p. 205. ISBN 0814401600. 
  3. ^ Florence Wald, Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame; Accessed 5 February 2009
  4. ^ Rierden, Andi "A Calling for Care Of the Terminally Ill", The New York Times, 19 April 1998; Accessed 5 February 2009
  5. ^ 25 Years in Palliative Medicine at Sir Michael Sobell House: A Festschrift for Robert Twycross, Radcliffe Medical Press, 2003.