St Christopher's Hospice
| St Christopher's Hospice | |
|---|---|
 St Christopher's Hospice in 2005 Photo by Stephen Craven | |
| Geography | |
| Location | London Borough of Bromley, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Hospital type | End-of-life care |
| History | |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.stchristophers.org.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
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]
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 sculptures by the artist Witold Gracjan Kawalec.
External links
References
- ↑ Connor, Stephen R. (1998). Hospice: Practice, Pitfalls, and Promise. Taylor & Francis. p. 5. ISBN 1-56032-513-5.
- ↑ Colby, William H. (2007). Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America. AMACOM Div American Mgmt. Assn. p. 205. ISBN 0-8144-0160-0.
- ↑ Florence Wald, Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame; Accessed 5 February 2009
- ↑ Rierden, Andi "A Calling for Care Of the Terminally Ill", The New York Times, 19 April 1998; Accessed 5 February 2009
- ↑ 25 Years in Palliative Medicine at Sir Michael Sobell House: A Festschrift for Robert Twycross, Radcliffe Medical Press, 2003; Szeloch H.,Hospice as a place of pastoral and palliative care over a badly ill person. Wyd. UKSW Warszawa 2012, ISSN 1895-3204.
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