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Florence Wald, leader in US hospice, dies at 91 (AP)

In this Saturday, July 11, 1998, file photo, Florence Wald is seen at the 1998 induction ceremony of the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Wald, a leader in the U.S. hospice movement, has died. She was 91. Wald was dean of the Yale University School of Nursing in the 1960s when she updated its curriculum to include a stronger focus on palliative care and comfort for dying patients and their families. (AP Photo/Michael Okoniewski, File)AP - Florence Wald, a former Yale nursing dean whose interest in compassionate care led her to launch the first U.S. hospice program, has died. She was 91.

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