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Dr. Cicely Saunders

Dr. Cicely Saunders. The Lady Who Changed The Way People Die. Who is Cicely Saunders. Cicely Sauders Born: June 22, 1918 Barnet, Hertfordshire, England. Not an Easy Beginning. Barriers she encountered: Low priority for the dying in British Health Care

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Dr. Cicely Saunders

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  1. Dr. Cicely Saunders The Lady Who Changed The Way People Die

  2. Who is Cicely Saunders Cicely Sauders Born: June 22, 1918 Barnet, Hertfordshire, England

  3. Not an Easy Beginning Barriers she encountered: • Low priority for the dying in British Health Care • Lack of research into the dying experience • No specialized education • Facing up to social and professional bias • Excommunicated from the church when St. Christopher’s Hospice opened • Brought up on ethical violations of the Hippocratic Oath • Expelled from the British Medical Society

  4. David Tasma & Cicely Saunders “I will be a window in your Home.” the promise of David Tasma of Warsaw who died 25 February 1948 and who made the first gift to St. Christopher’s

  5. 1976: St. Christopher's Hospice Opens “It took me 19 years to build the home around David Tasma’s window.” “I did not find hospice; hospice found me.” Photo:Stephen Craven

  6. Obstacles & Objections = Honor & Respect • 1997: received Honorary Doctorate Degree in Medicine • 2001: portrait was hung in National Gallery in London Photo: NationalGallery.org.uk

  7. Legacy of Dr. Saunders • In the 1960’s Dr. Saunders prepared a simple 4-page handout for her lectures on Hospice • Today Hospice is a full-blown medical specialty and her 4-page handout has been superseded by the 1244 page multi-authored Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine.

  8. The Founder of Hospice Dies • OnJuly 14, 2005, Dame Cicely Saunders died at the age of 87 • Service was held at Westminster Abbey • Over 4,000 in attendance

  9. Final Thoughts “You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die.” Photo:www.kul.pl

  10. Discussion Questions • What has been your experience with death in your own life? How did that experience change your life? • What barriers have you encountered in working with the dying and death? • In your opinion how has Hospice changed over the years? • Why do you think the medical profession took such a dim view of Dr. Saunders ideas and work and then later lined up to attend her funeral?

  11. Discussion Questions • Has anybody in your professional career reminded of you of Dr. Saunders? • How would you define human dignity in the dying experience? • What have you found in your career that helps enhance the remaining time of a dying human being? • Share any thoughts or information you have concerning the work of Dr. Saunders?

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