--- title: "4 Cicely Saunders Quotes - Famous Physician (The Management of terminal malignant disease)" description: "Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders was an English nurse, social worker, physician and writer. Browse 4 Cicely Saunders quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b179/author-e-haldeman-julius-24178.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Cicely Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b179/author-e-haldeman-julius-24178.jpg) # Cicely Saunders (1918–2005) Physician United Kingdom **4** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Cicely Saunders was a physician from the United Kingdom, best known for *The Management of terminal malignant disease*. ## Quick Facts About Cicely Saunders Born June 22, 1918 Died July 14, 2005 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Physician Notable works The Management of terminal malignant disease Spouse Marian Bohusz-Szyszko ## About Cicely Saunders Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders was an English nurse, social worker, physician and writer. She is noted for her work in terminal care research and her role in the birth of the hospice movement, emphasising the importance of palliative care in modern medicine, and opposing the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia. ## Awards & Honors Order of Merit Templeton Prize Ernst von Bergmann Plaque Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association Viktor Frankl Award honorary doctorate Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship Show 7 more awards Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London Elizabeth Blackwell Award Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize honorary doctor of the University of Bath honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons ## Quotes by Cicely Saunders > [Sufering is only intolerable when nobody cares. One continually sees that faith in God and his care is made infinitely easier by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cicely-saunders/sufering-is-only-intolerable-when-nobody-cares-one-continually-sees/) Cicely Saunders [Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/cicely-saunders-71127_care_sufering-is-only-intolerable-when-nobody_228608.png) > [You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cicely-saunders/you-matter-because-you-are-you-and-you-matter-to-the-end-of-your-life/) Cicely Saunders [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/cicely-saunders-71127_can-not_you-matter-because-you-are-you-and-you-m_230912.png) > [Approaches to death and dying reveal much of the attitude of society as a whole to the individuals who compose it. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cicely-saunders/approaches-to-death-and-dying-reveal-much-of-the-attitude-of-society/) Cicely Saunders [Approach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/cicely-saunders-71127_approach_approaches-to-death-and-dying-reveal-muc_1204651.jpg) > [How people die remains in the memory of those who live on](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cicely-saunders/how-people-die-remains-in-the-memory-of-those-who-live-on/) Cicely Saunders [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/cicely-saunders-71127_death_how-people-die-remains-in-the-memory-of_1860093.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cicely-saunders/#itemlist", "name": "Cicely Saunders Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sufering is only intolerable when nobody cares. 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