St Christopher's Hospice
Hospice in London Borough of Bromley, England
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St. Christopher's Hospice is a hospice in south London, England, established in 1967 by Cicely Saunders, whose work is considered the basis of modern hospice philosophy.[1]
| St Christopher's Hospice | |
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St Christopher's Hospice in 2005 Photo by Stephen Craven | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | London Borough of Bromley, England |
| Coordinates | 51.421608°N 0.058717°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | End-of-life care (Hospice) |
| History | |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.stchristophers.org.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Legacy
Among the first staff at St. Christopher's were nurse Barbara McNulty and GP Mary Baines, who began the first hospice home care project,[2][3] and Florence Wald, who took Saunders' philosophies back to the United States to become the founder of the hospice movement in the United States.[4][5][6]
In 1971 Robert Twycross was appointed as a Clinical Research Fellow by Saunders. During his tenure there, his studies on the effectiveness of morphine, diamorphine and methadone helped standardize and simplify the management of cancer pain.[7]
The hospice houses an exhibition of sculptures by the Polish artist Witold Gracjan Kawalec.
