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Saunders, Cicely
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Dame Cicely Saunders (1918–2005) was the founder of the modern hospice and palliative care movement. As a nurse, social worker, and eventually a physician, she developed a systematic approach to studying the symptom management needs of the terminally ill.
Title: Saunders, Cicely
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Dame Cicely Saunders (1918–2005) was the founder of the modern hospice and palliative care movement.
As a nurse, social worker, and eventually a physician, she developed a systematic approach to studying the symptom management needs of the terminally ill.
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