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Definition of the hospice movement from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the hospice movement

 
/ðə ˈhɒspɪs muːvmənt/
 
/ðə ˈhɑːspɪs muːvmənt/
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  1. the idea of providing special places where people who are dying can be treated and cared for. The first modern hospice was started by Dame Cicely Saunders in London in 1967 and since then many hospices have opened in Britain and the US.
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