Clemens Katri Elina, Klaschik Eberhard
Zentrum für Palliativmedizin, Universität Bonn, Germany.
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2007 Apr;42(4):280-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-980031.
The beginning of the modern hospice movement and palliative medicine relates to the recognition of the fact that a cure-oriented health care system often neglects the critically ill and the dying in terms of appropriate treatment and human care. Therefore, the idea was born to offer comprehensive medical, nursing, psychological, social and spiritual care for these patients and their families at a suitable location . This first location was St Christopher's Hospice in London; the starting point of a still ongoing humanly and ethically demanded development.
现代临终关怀运动和姑息医学的开端与这样一个事实的认知有关，即一个以治愈为导向的医疗保健系统在适当的治疗和人文关怀方面常常忽视重症患者和临终患者。因此，人们萌生了在合适的场所为这些患者及其家人提供全面的医疗、护理、心理、社会和精神关怀的想法。首个这样的场所是伦敦的圣克里斯托弗临终关怀院；这是一项仍在持续的、符合人性和道德要求的发展的起点。
