Cicely Saunders: A Life and Legacy Clark David
Cicely Saunders: A Life and Legacy Clark David Born at the end of World War One into a prosperous London family, Cicely Saunders struggled at school before gaining entry to Oxford University to read…
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Cicely Saunders: A Life and Legacy Clark David
Born at the end of World War One into a prosperous London family, Cicely Saunders struggled at school before gaining entry to Oxford University to read Politics, Philosophy and Economics. Following a back injury, she became a medical social worker, and then in her late 30s, qualified as a physician. As World War Two gained momentum, she quit academic study to train as a nurse, thereby igniting her lifelong interest in caring for others.
When she opened the world's first modern hospice in 1967 a quiet revolution got underway. By now her focus was on a hugely neglected area of modern health services: the care of the dying. Education, research, and clinical practice were combined in a model of 'total care' for terminally ill patients and their families that quickly had a massive impact.In Cicely Saunders: A Life and Legacy, David Clark draws on interviews, correspondence,