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The Hospice Path, Part Three: Remembering pioneer Zelda Foster

Zelda Foster (Source:  Columbia University)
Zelda Foster (Source: Columbia University)
(09/07/10) North Country Public Radio has begun an on-going series looking at the ways that hospice programs can help when someone is approaching the end of their life.

It turns out a social worker here in New York was one of the pioneers of hospice and end-of-life care. Zelda Foster passed away in 2006.

At that time, reporter Gregory Warner profiled a woman who spent forty years advocating for people's right to die with dignity.

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