Witness History
Witness History
Cicely Saunders And The Modern Hospice Movement
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December 10, 2018
9 minutes
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In 1967, Dame Cicely Saunders opened the first modern hospice in South London. St Christopher's inspired the creation of thousands of similar hospices around the world and its scientific research helped establish the modern discipline of palliative medicine. Simon Watts introduces archive interviews with Dame Cicely, who died in 2005.
PHOTO: Dame Cicely Saunders (BBC)