PIONEERS OF HOSPICE & THE BIRTH OF MODERN HOSPICE TAKE TWO... By Terrence Youk At the 50th anniversary of the advent of St. Christopher's Hospice, it is astonishing to think of the impact hospice has had around the globe. It has grown in myriad ways while providing comfort, healing and grace to millions of patients and families facing the end of life. One would think that the origins and circumstances of such an evolution would be well established. Yet, this is not always the case. Even among hospice professionals, while the tenants of hospice and palliative care are well practiced, the seminal roles and challenges of the four pioneers in bringing those principles into practice are not. To that purpose we have reenvisioned the film Pioneers of Hospice & the Birth of Modern Hospice, with the hospice and palliative care community being the beneficiary of a rare living testament as told by the pioneers themselves. 32 NHPCO NewsLine | Summer 2017