Joe Wood

Introduced in 1964, Cicely Saunders' term total pain has come to epitomise the holistic ethos of hospice and palliative care. It communicates how a dying person's pain can be a whole overwhelming experience, not only physical but also psychological, social and spiritual. Total pain clearly summarises Saunders' whole-person, multidisciplinary outlook, but is it a phenomenon, an intervention framework, a care...