Florence Wald

Florence Wald (1917- ) was an American nurse, former dean of Yale School of Nursing, and largely credited as the founder of the U.S. hospice movement ^[1]

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 1959Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Sources

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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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