Cicely Saunders

A pioneer of modern palliative care, Cicely Saunders has helped change the way the world cares for the terminally ill. She founded St. Christopher's Hospice in 1967 as the first research and teaching hospice linked with clinical care. Dame Cicely holds many honours including degrees and the Order of Merit, and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1980. In 2001 she received the Conrad N Hilton Humanitarian Prize - the world's largest humanitarian award - of one million dollars for her work originated at St Christopher's Hospice. She is a Founder Trustee and President of a new force in hospice care - The Cicely Saunders Foundation. This unique charity, founded in 2002, seeks to improve the care of people at the end of life wherever they are cared for. David Clark is currently engaged in a number of studies concerned with service evaluation relating to the provision of palliative care and with issues of policy development, the international growth of palliative care, and related ethical issues. He has a particular interest in the historical development of the modern end of life care movement and is currently writing a book about the history of the Project on Death in America. He is the author of numerous volumes and papers as well as an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

1. Saunders, C. (1958) 'Dying of Cancer'. St Thomas's Hospital Gazette, 56 (2), 37-47 ; 2. Saunders, C. (1959a) 'Should a Patient Know...?' Nursing Times October 16, 994-995 ; 3. Saunders, C. (1959b) 'When a Patient is Dying'. Nursing Times November 13, 1129-1130 ; 4. Saunders, C. (1960) 'The Management of Patients in the Terminal Stage'. In R. Raven ed. Cancer, Vol. 6. London: Butterworth and Company, 403-17 ; 5. Saunders, C. (1961a) 'And From Sudden Death... '. Frontier, Winter ; 6. Saunders, C. (1961b) 'A Patient...' . Nursing Times (31 March), 394-97 ; 7. Saunders, C. (1961c) 'The Care of the Dying'. Better Health (May), 18-20 ; 8. Saunders, C. (1961d) Terminal illness. Proceedings of Health Congress, Royal Society of Health, Symposium on 'Teaching, an Aspect of Home Care', Blackpool 24-28 April. London: Royal Society of Health, 112-14 ; 9. Saunders, C. (1962) 'Working at St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney'. Annual Report of St Vincent's, Dublin, 37-39 ; 10. Saunders, C. (1963a) 'The Treatment of Intractable Pain in Terminal Cancer'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine 56 (3) March, 195-97, (Section of Surgery, 5-7) ; 11. Saunders, C. (1963b) Letter 21 September 'Distress in Dying'. British Medical Journal, Vol. 2, July-December, 746 ; 12. Saunders, C. (1964a) Review of F. Sauerbruch and H. Wenke eds. (1963), 'Pain: Its Meaning and Significance', translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Medical News (10 July), 16-17 ; 13. Saunders, C. (1964b) 'The Need for Institutional Care for the Patient with Advanced Cancer'. Anniversary Volume, Cancer Institute, Madras, 1-8 ; 14. Saunders, C. (1965) 'The Last Stages of Life'. American Journal of Nursing, 65 (3), 70-75 ; 15. Saunders, C. (1966) 'The Last Frontier'. Frontier, Autumn, 183-86 ; 16. Saunders, C. (1967a) The Management of Terminal Illness. London: Hospital Medicine, 1-29 ; 17. Saunders, C. (1967b) 'St Christopher's Hospice'. British Hospital Journal and Social Service Review, Vol. 77, 2127-30 ; 18. Saunders C. (1970) 'Training for the Practice of Clinical Gerontology: The Role of Social Medicine'. Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology, 5, 72-78 ; 19. Saunders C. (1973-4) 'A Place to Die'. Crux, 11 (3), 24-27 ; 20. Saunders C. (1975) 'Dimensions of Death'. In M. A. H. Melinsky ed. Religion and Medicine. London: S. C. M., 113-16 ; 21. Saunders C. (July 1, 1976) 'The Problem of Euthanasia'. Care of the Dying - 1. Nursing Times, 72 (26), 1003-5 ; 22. Saunders C. (1978a) 'Appropriate Treatment, Appropriate Death'. In C. Saunders ed. The Management of Terminal Disease, 1st edition. London: Edward Arnold, 1-9 ; 23. Saunders C. (1978b) 'The Philosophy of Terminal Care'. In C. Saunders ed. The Management of Terminal Disease, 1st edition. London: Edward Arnold, 193-202 ; 24. Saunders, C. (1981a) Templeton Prize Speech at Guildhall Ceremony (May), 1-15. Unpublished ; 25. Saunders C. (1981b) 'Current Views on Pain Relief and Terminal Care'. In M. Swerdlow ed. The Therapy of Pain. Lancaster: MTP Press, 215-41 ; 26. Walsh T. D and C. Saunders (1984a) Letter 'Heroin and Morphine in Advanced Cancer'. New England Journal of Medicine, 310 (9), 599 ; 27. Saunders C. (1984b) 'Pain and Impending Death'. In P. Wall and R. Melzack eds. Textbook of Pain. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 472-78 ; 28. Saunders C. (1984c) 'On Dying Well'. Cambridge Review (February 27), 49-52 ; 29. Saunders C. (1984d) Letter 'Evaluation of Hospice Activities'. Journal of Chronic Disease, 37 (11) 871 ; 30. Saunders C. (1986a) 'The Modern Hospice'. In F. S. Wald ed. In Quest of the Spiritual Component of Care for the Terminally Ill: Proceedings of a Colloquium. Yale: Yale University School of Nursing, 41-48 ; 31. Saunders, C. (1986b) Foreword. In N. Autton Pain: An Exploration. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, ix-x ; 32. Saunders, C. (1988a) 'Spiritual pain'. Journal of Palliative Care, 4 (3), 29-32 ; 33. Saunders, C. (1988b) Hospice - A Meeting Place for Religion and Science, 1-13. Unpublished in English ; 34. Saunders, C. (1992a) Letter [on Alfred Worcester]. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care (July/August), 2 ; 35. Saunders, C. (1992b) 'Voluntary Euthanasia' (editorial). Palliative Medicine, 6 (1), 1-5 ; 36. Saunders, C (1997) Foreword. In M. Kearney Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death and Healing. Dublin: Marino, 11-12 ; 37. Saunders, C. (1998a) 'Why I Welcome TV Cameras at the Death Bed'. Daily Mail, Friday, 20 March ; 38. Saunders, C. (1998b) Foreword. In D. Oliviere, R. Hargreaves and B. Monroe Good Practices in Palliative Care: A Psychosocial Perspective. Aldershot: Ashgate, ix-x ; 39. Saunders C. (1999) 'Origins: International Perspectives, Then and Now'. The Hospice Journal 14 (3/4) 1-7 ; 40. Saunders C. (2000) 'The Evolution of Palliative Care'. Patient Education and Counseling 41, 7-13 ; 41. Saunders C. (2003a) 'A Voice for the Voiceless'. In B. Monroe, D. Oliviere eds. Patient Participation in Palliative Care. A Voice for the Voiceless. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3-8 ; 42. Saunders C. (2003b) 'The Evolution of Palliative Care'. The Pharos. 4-7 ; 43. Saunders, C (2004) 'Foreword'. In D. Doyle, G Hanks, Nathan Cherny and K Calman, Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine 3/e. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xvii-xx ; 44. Saunders C. (2004) Introduction. In N. Sykes, P. Edmonds and J. Wiles eds. Management of Advanced Disease. Hodder Arnold 3-8