Sentences with phrase «of the hospice movement»

«The great value of the hospice movement is its contribution to the care of the dying and to opening up, once again, the possibility of accepting illness and death in an affirmative way,» Callahan writes.

Indeed, the founder of the hospice movement, the late Dame Cecily Saunders, stated that she had treated hundreds of ALS patients and not one died of choking.

As Cicely Saunders, the founder of the hospice movement in human medicine, has said «You matter because you are you.

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Those familiar with the history of the modern hospice movement know that it was only in the 1960s that Dame Cicely Saunders founded St. Christopher's inpatient hospice in London.

The hospice movement understands that the death of a patient affects not only the patient, but the patient's family and friends, and even society at large.

Dame Cicely Saunders is recognized as the founder of the modern hospice movement.

And Kübler - Ross's theories did lay the foundation for the hospice movement, greatly ease the mental and physical suffering of dying patients and inspire those who care for them.

I wonder if people who never much liked Mr Howard when he was Employment and Home Secretary or Leader of the Opposition might have been willing to give him the benefit of more of the doubt if they'd known about what has been his long - standing support for the hospice movement.

«The hospice movement hadn't occurred yet, and these patients were often pushed off into a corner of a sterile hospital.

McVety is a hospice veterinarian, part of a growing movement to revolutionize the way animals die.