Many people don't like to think about death, especially the prospect of a long decline filled with hospital visits and agonizing treatments. But Cicely Saunders viewed end-of-life care as life ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Cicely Saunders, a British nurse and social worker, later trained to be a doctor. And what she discovered, in 1950s England, ...

RALPH NADER once mused to me about what a terrible thing it was that Jack Kevorkian was (at the time) the world’s most famous doctor. He was right. That distinct honor should have belonged to Dame ...