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The unfolding legacy of Cicely Saunders: 15 years on

Published on: July 14, 2020 Author: David Clark 2 Comments

Cicely Saunders died on 14th July 2005. I was running an international end of life care summer school at Lancaster University at the time. That evening, staff and students gathered in the home of a colleague: the summer school party had turned into a wake. I read out a draft of an obituary I had… Continue reading →

Global development of children’s palliative care: the picture in 2017

Published on: June 4, 2020 Author: davidclelland Leave a comment

In December we published the overall results from the third ‘world map’ of palliative care development, showing that only a small proportion of the global population, mostly in the global North, live in countries with the most advanced provision of palliative care. We can now present our assessment of global levels of children’s palliative care… Continue reading →