World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Tarihi

​2010

Mood lifter

A study covered in "The New England Journal of Medicine" found that patients with lung cancer who received early palliative care experienced​ fewer symptoms of depression.

​1987

First hospital-based center

Declan Walsh, MD. established the first hospital-based palliative care center at the Cleveland Clinic.

​1967

​First hospice opens

The first modern hospice, St. Christopher's Hospice, was founded in the UK — leading to the palliative care movement.​