Cicely Saunders
Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders OM DBE FRCS FRCP FRCN (22 June 1918 – 14 July 2005) was an English nurse, social worker, physician and writer. She is noted for her work in terminal care research and her role in the birth of the hospice movement, emphasising the importance of palliative care in modern medicine, and opposing the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia.
Cicely Saunders OM DBE FRCS FRCP FRCN | |
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Saunders in 2002 | |
| Born | Cicely Mary Strode Saunders 22 June 1918 Barnet, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 14 July 2005 (aged 87) Bromley, London, England |
| Alma mater | King's College, London St Anne's College, Oxford |
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| Known for | Hospice care movement, Founder of St Christophers Hospice |
| Spouse |
Marian Bohusz-Szyszko
(m. 1980; died 1995) |
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