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Correspondence relating to topics including: fundraising for St Christopher's Hospice; the history of the hospice; requests for articles, interviews and comments on articles by other authors. Also text of a lecture, 'Decisions at the end of life', given by Cicely Saunders at the University of Humberside, 1997. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2081.

Correspondence chiefly relating to St Christopher's Hospice on topics including: visits to the hospice; fundraising; pain management; the treatment of terminally ill patients; congratulations on honours received; regional hospices; the history of early hospices. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in in 2070.

Correspondence on topics including: the history of St Christopher's Hospice; HIV/AIDS patient care; publications on the treatment of advanced cancer in hospices; an international conference on palliative care held at St Christopher's Hospice, 1987; the Church of England; congratulations on media appearances by Cicely Saunders. Also correspondence, 1987-1989, with journalist and newsreader Martyn Lewis, chiefly comments by Saunders on Lewis' book, Tears and smiles- the hospice handbook (Michael O'Mara Books, 1989). Sensitive personal data included in the file is CLOSED for review in 2074.

Correspondence on topics including: requests for medical advice and local hospice information; enquiries relating to the history and administration of St Christopher's Hospice; letters of thanks following lectures by Cicely Saunders. Also correspondence, 1960-1978, with Marion Murray, former sister-in-charge of Ward 12, Whittington Hospital, where Saunders' former patient, David Tasma, died in 1948. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in in 2067.

Correspondence on topics including: medical advice; information about St Christopher's Hospice; requests for articles and interviews; Fiona Macdonald's book, Working for equality (women history makers) (London, Macdonald, 1987), with draft text. File also includes correspondence with Hugh Molson, Baron Molson (1903-1991), and John Major (b 1943), Under Secretary of State for Social Security, on the payment of supplementary benefit to people caring for the terminally ill, 1986. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2072.

Correspondence, with related articles, newsletters, brochures and poems on topics including: euthanasia; the charity Mobility Trust; articles by Cicely Saunders; employment in hospices; Cicely Saunders' appointment as a member of the Order of Merit, 1989. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2082.

Correspondence and related papers on topics including: pain management; services for the terminally ill; visits and donations to St Christopher's Hospice; requests for talks. File also includes correspondence with former colleagues at St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney, and correspondence, 1962-1969, with Dr R M B MacKenna, St Bartholomew's Hospital, on fundraising for St Christopher's Hospice. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2055.

Correspondence chiefly relating to St Christopher's Hospice, on topics including: donations; vacancies; visits to the hospice; pain management; treatment of the terminally ill; publications and talks by Saunders; regional hospices; letters of thanks. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2080.

Correspondence chiefly relating to St Christopher's Hospice on topics including fundraising, donations, visits and vacancies. The file includes correspondence, 1962-1969, with Robert Wallace Nevin (1908-1981), Dean of St Thomas' Hospital Medical School, on the establishment and financing of St Christopher's Hospice, and on St Thomas' Medical School Old Student Day, 1966. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2054.

Correspondence chiefly relating to St Christopher's Hospice, on topics including: donations; vacancies; admissions policy; individual patients; pain management; regional hospices; motor neurone disease; articles on hospices and terminal care by Cicely Saunders, including 'Should a patient know?', published in Nursing Times, 1976. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2064.

Correspondence chiefly relating to St Christopher's Hospice, on topics including: donations; its admission policy; vacancies; requests for talks and lectures; conference organisation; medical advice; honours and awards; the memorial service, 1988, for Dame Albertine Winner (1907-1988), President and Deputy Medical Director, St Christopher's Hospice. File includes correspondence with Nursing Times, Nursing Mirror, and the National Federation of Women's Institutes. Personal data in the file is CLOSED for review in 2080.

Correspondence chiefly relating to St Christopher's Hospice, on topics including: fundraising and donations; visits; employment opportunities; its admission policy; medical advice; pain management; hospices in the UK and abroad; requests for articles; media coverage; honours and awards. Personal data in the file is CLOSED for review in 2056.

Correspondence chiefly relating to St Christopher's Hospice including letters concerning fundraising, donations, vacancies and the purchase of clinical equipment. Also: enquiries regarding the care of motor neurone patients; visits to the hospice by healthcare professionals; articles by Canon John D Pearce-Higgins on Christian perspective on terminal care and the afterlife; correspondence with Lillian Pipkin, former Salvation Army nurse at St Luke's Hospital, London. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2054.

Correspondence on topics including donations to St Christopher's Hospice, admissions, and requests for talks, lectures and media appearances. File includes correspondence, 1974, with Sir Michael Willcox Perrin (1905-1988), the recently retired Chairman of the Wellcome Foundation, on his visit to the hospice, fundraising and hospice personnel. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in in 2027.

Correspondence chiefly relating to St Christopher's Hospice on topics including donations, visits, teaching courses, admissions, medical advice, pain management, other hospices, career advice, medical publications, and the Paws Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). Personal data in the file is CLOSED for review in 2048.

Correspondence and related papers on topics including: donations to St Christopher's Hospice; visits; thanks from the families of patients; pain management; Cicely Saunders' publications; conferences; requests for talks; motor neurone disease. File includes correspondence relating to a paper by North Camden Community Health Council on terminal illness and terminal care, 1981; an invitation by the British Holistic Medical Association to their launching conference, 1983; correspondence with Sir Desmond Arthur Pond, Chief Scientist, Department of Health and Social Services, concerning a visit to the hospice in 1983. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2067.

Correspondence on topics including: the history and administration of St Christopher's Hospice; vacancies; requests for articles by Cicely Saunders; a chapter by Saunders, 'Evolution of the hospices', published in The history of management of pain (edited by Ronald Mann, London, Parthenon, 1988). File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2077.

Correspondence on topics including: donations to St Christopher's Hospice; thanks for talks and lectures given by Saunders; the 'Brompton Cocktail' (a combination of opiates and alcohol used for terminal pain relief); visits to the hospice by organisations including the Royal Scottish Corporation, Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS), and the British Red Cross Society. File includes correspondence with Dr M D Ripka, the general practitioner who cared for Saunders' early patient David Tasma. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2055.

Correspondence on topics including donations to St Christopher's Hospice, visits, pain management and lectures and articles by Cicely Saunders. File includes offprint articles by Dr Dewi Rees, general practitioner, published in the British Medical Journal, 1971-1972, including article, 'The Hallucination of Widowhood', 1972, and the 1974 annual report and accounts for the charity Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association (RUBKA, subsequently renamed Independent Age). File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2060.

Correspondence on topics including: donations to St Christopher's Hospice; other UK hospices; pain medication; euthanasia; Cicely Saunders' publications and media appearances; charities. File includes correspondence with Fiona Ross on a Nursing Times article, 1980, on patients with motor neurone disease. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2064.