Cicely Saunders - Founder of the Hospice Movement

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 St Christopher''s Hospice in London in 1967, she encouraged a radical new approach to end of life care combining at...