Dr Mary Baines (1932-2020)

1st May 2024

The biography of physician Dr Mary Baines has been published in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. In 1969 Dr Baines was the driving force behind the establishment of St Christopher’s (Hospice) home care service, a pioneering approach that cared for patients in their own familiar surroundings, and an approach that is now replicated worldwide.

Dr Baines carried out pioneering research at the hospice, published textbooks and spoke at conferences about hospice and palliative care, devoting much time to supporting training for hospices in Eastern Europe and Africa. Some of the techniques she developed, for example to manage bowel obstruction, are still in use today.

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