James, Nicky; Field, David - In: Social Science & Medicine 34 (1992) 12, pp. 1363-1375
In 25 years the number of hospices in Britain has multiplied from under 15 in 1965 to over 430 in 1991. During this period, often working out with the mainstream health system, the hospices actively sought to transform terminal care. More recently a process of diversification and legitimation...