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  2. Catholic Church and health care - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church established many of the world's modern hospitals. The Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of health care services in the world. [1] It has around 18,000 clinics, 16,000 homes for the elderly and those with special needs, and 5,500 hospitals, with 65 percent of them located in developing countries. [2]

  3. Little Company of Mary - Wikipedia

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    The Little Company of Mary, also known as the Blue Sisters, is a Catholic religious institute of women dedicated to caring for the suffering, the sick, and the dying. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The order was founded in 1877 in Nottingham, England by Mary Potter .

  4. Religious Sisters of Charity - Wikipedia

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    In December 2003, Our Lady's Hospice opened a satellite unit for specialist palliative care in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, provided through the generosity of the Louis and Zelie Martin Foundation. [11] In 1905 they established St. Joseph's Hospice in Hackney. In August 1939, St. Joseph’s Hospice was taken over as an Air Raid Casualty Station and ...

  5. Hospice - Wikipedia

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    A Hospice House in Missouri. Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering.

  6. History of hospitals - Wikipedia

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    The history of hospitals began in antiquity with hospitals in Greece, the Roman Empire and on the Indian subcontinent as well, starting with precursors in the Asclepian temples in ancient Greece and then the military hospitals in ancient Rome. The Greek temples were dedicated to the sick and infirm but did not look anything like modern hospitals.

  7. Calvary Hospital (Bronx) - Wikipedia

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    Calvary Hospital was founded in 1899 and is operated in connection with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.The hospital was one of the first, and is still one of the largest, medical complexes focusing on end-of-life hospice care.

  8. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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    It was the largest hospice acquisition in U.S. history, according to the company. The reason for this expansion partially reflects a decades-long shift in attitude among terminally ill patients, who increasingly prefer to spend their final weeks at home instead of in a hospital.

  9. Camillus de Lellis - Wikipedia

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    Camillus de Lellis, M.I., (25 May 1550 – 14 July 1614) was a Roman Catholic priest from Italy who founded the Camillians, a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in the year 1742, and canonized by him four years later in 1746. De Lellis is the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses and ...