Wald, Florence

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Wald, Florence
Other forms of name
Schorske, Florence Sophie
Date of birth
1917-04-19
Date of death
2000-11-08
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q5460808
Library of congress: n 2005180948
Sources of Information
  • Pioneers of hospice, c2004:credit frame (Florence Wald, MN, MS, FAAN; founder, first hospice in USA)
  • New York times WWW site, Nov. 14, 2008(Florence S. Wald; b. Florence Sophie Schorske, Apr. 19, 1917, the Bronx; m. Henry Wald (d. 2000); d. Saturday [Nov. 8, 2008], Branford, Conn., aged 91; her vision of bringing the terminally ill peace of mind and, to whatever extent possible, freedom from pain led to the opening of the first palliative care hospice in the United States)