Florence Wald

Florence Wald

Florence Wald (1917- ) is an American nurse, former Dean of Yale School of Nursing, and largely credited as the founder of the U.S. hospice movement. [http://www.cwhf.org/hall/wald/wald.htm Wald Biography] ] .

Biography

Wald was born in New York City in 1917 and received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and a M.N. and M.S. from Yale School of Nursing. She became Dean of Yale School of Nursing in 1959 [http://www.med.yale.edu/library/nursing/historical/ History of the Yale School of Nursing ] ] . In 1966, she resigned as Dean in order to study end of life care in Great Britain. In 1971, she, along with two pediatricians and a Yale medical center chaplain, founded the first hospice in the U.S. located in Branford, Connecticut. [http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/hospice/a4.html The Hospice Experiment - American RadioWorks ] ]

References

* Friedrich, M.J. (1999) "Hospice Care in the United States: A Conversation With Florence S. Wald". JAMA. 281: 1683-1685.
* [History and contributions of Yale School of Nursing: http://www.med.yale.edu/library/nursing/historical/]
* [Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame: http://www.cwhf.org/hall/wald/wald.htm]
* [The Hospice Experiment: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/hospice/a4.html]


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