RT Book, Section
A1 Reitschuler-Cross, Eva B.
A1 Arnold, Robert M.
A2 South-Paul, Jeannette E.
A2 Matheny, Samuel C.
A2 Lewis, Evelyn L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1106854152
T1 Hospice & Palliative Medicine
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 4e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071827454
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106854152
RD 2024/04/18
AB Homes  for  the  dying  or,  as  they  were  soon  to  be  called,  hospices,  were  established  in  Ireland  and  France  in  the  nineteenth  century.  However,  it  was  not  until  1967  that  the  first  modern  hospice,  Saint  Christopher’s  Hospice,  was  founded  in  London.  There,  Dr.  Cicely  Saunders,  a  former  nurse  and  social  worker  who  had  earned  a  medical  degree,  helped  establish  the  underlying  philosophy  of  hospice  and  palliative  medicine.  She  emphasized  clinical  excellence  in  pain  and  symptom  management;  care  of  the  whole  person,  including  physical,  emotional,  social,  and  spiritual  needs;  and  the  need  for  research  in  this  newly  developing  field  of  medicine.  Interdisciplinary  team  care  became  the  norm,  as  it  became  clear  that  no  one  physician,  nurse,  social  worker,  or  chaplain  could  address  all  the  needs  of  the  terminally  ill  person.  Further,  although  the  focus  of  care  was  clearly  on  the  dying  individual,  the  needs  of  the  family  were  also  addressed.