The early history of Hospice Buffalo
By: edited by Abel K. Fink and Donald P. Shedd.
Contributors: Fink, Abel K.; Shedd, Donald P.; Center for Hospice & Palliative Care.
Publisher: Center for Hospice & Palliative Care
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Buffalo, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Hospice care -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.; Hospices (Terminal care) -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- History.
Other titles: Hospice Buffalo
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 226).
Table of contents: value: An overview of the origins of Hospice Buffalo / Abel Fink; value: Recollections of the early days of Hospice Buffalo / Donald Shedd; value: Writings by the first executive director / Charlotte Shedd; value: My perspective on the birth of Hospice Buffalo / Irene Mahar; value: Interview with a present board member / Jock Mitchell; value: The role of medical directors / Robert Milch; value: The role of the nursing profession in Hospice Buffalo / Abel Fink; value: A nurse's perspective on Hospice Buffalo / Joyce Ortman; value: History of Life (and Death) Transitions center / Thomas Frantz; value: The role of bereavement care / Abel Fink; value: Spiritual aspects of the program / Father Eugene Ulrich, Reverend Amos Acree; value: The role of volunteers / Abel Fink; value: The great group concept as applied to Hospice Buffalo / Susan Russ; value: Social work, Hospice Buffalo style / Christine Bylewski; value: History of hospice legislation in New York State / Robert Rizzo; value: Fundraising efforts and grants / Abel Fink, Patrick Flynn; value: The development of an in-hospital unit / Derek Raghavan; value: An anthropologist looks at Hospice / Elizabeth Stanton; value: Concluding comments / Abel Fink and Donald Shedd.