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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2002 94(19):1431; doi:10.1093/jnci/94.19.1431
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 19, 1431, October 2, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

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U.K. Initiative Aims to Broaden Definition of Palliative Care

John Illman

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Dame Cicely Saunders, M.B. B.S., is one of Britain’s most celebrated doctors. Originally trained as a nurse, she launched the modern international hospice movement in 1967 by founding St. Christopher’s Hospice in London. As the U.K. newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported on Sept. 5, she is nationally renowned as "a woman who has dedicated her life to improving the way people die." The popular view in Britain is that no one else . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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