Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1959 - 1992 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Correspondence on topics including: visits and meetings in the United States, requests for reprints, pain management and terminal care, visits to and information about St Christopher's Hospice, and articles about Cicely Saunders' work. File includes correspondence with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) concerning a documentary, 'Hospice', 1981; correspondence, 1959, with John Roderick Heller (1905-1989), Director of the National Cancer Institute, relating to cancer treatment in the US and the control of pain in terminal malignant diseases; correspondence, 1992, with the National Hospice Organization, relating to their presentation of a Founders Award to Saunders. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2076.