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Autonomy, Power, and Control in Palliative Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

P. ANNE SCOTT
P. ANNE SCOTT
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
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Abstract

A review of the literature on palliative care in the United Kingdom over the last fifteen years suggests that elements such as the development of the modern hospice, on the model developed by Cicely Saunders (at St. Christopher's Hospice, London), have led to major improvements in the lot of the terminally ill.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: WHEN OTHERS DECIDE
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 139 - 147
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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