Who was responsible for renewing the hospice philosophy in the 1960s?
a. Cicely Saunders
b. Lillian Wald
c. Dorothea Dix
d. Florence Nightingale
ANS: A
The idea of hospice originated in Europe. Dame Cicely Saunders renewed the idea of hospice in the 1960s.
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