Saunders, Cicely M., Dame

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Saunders, Cicely M., Dame
Date of birth
1918-06-22
Date of death
2005-07-14
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 94711532
Wikidata: Q290524
Library of congress: n 81096865
HAI10: 000471577
Sources of Information
  • Data from ABC Wide World of Learning for The Dignity of death [MP] 1973 (a.e.)(Dr. Cicely Saunders; dir., St. Christopher's Hospice, Eng.)
  • Du Boulay, S. Cicely Saunders, c1984:t.p. (Cicely Saunders) p. 7, etc. (Dame Cicely; DBE, 1980)
  • NLM files, 9-18-85(hdg.: Saunders, Cicely M., Dame; usage: Cicely M. Saunders, Dame Cicely Saunders)
  • Wikipedia WWW site, July 15, 2005(under Cicely Saunders: Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders, OM, DBE; b. June 22, 1918; d. July 14, 2005; British physician and writer, most famous for her role in the birth of the hospice movement)
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Wikipedia description:

Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders (22 June 1918 – 14 July 2005) was an English nurse, social worker, physician and writer. She is noted for her work in terminal care research and her role in the birth of the hospice movement, emphasising the importance of palliative care in modern medicine, and opposing the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia.

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