In Audacity to Love Anne Merriman tells the story of Hospice Africa, from the spiritual development of Hospice, its religious associations with the early Catholic Church, to the roots of the creation and development of Hospice Africa today.
The story of this miracle of care began in Singapore in 1984 with the first survey of patients who were sent home because there was nothing more to be done. Merriman realised the huge need in Africa for palliative care after witnessing the suffering in Nairobi in 1990. After working for Nairobi Hospice as Medical Director and in Warwick and Birmingham while bringing the initial UK Board together, Merriman undertook a feasibility study in four African countries, seeking a suitable country for a model. Uganda was chosen and the work commenced late in 1993. In the book she writes of those she worked with as well as of patients, of lessons learned in countries such as Nigeria, and of support received in setting up HAU.
Finally she explores the hospice ethos with the hospice as host and the patient as guest the spiritual aspects and principles behind palliative care, the problems and challenges the hospice movement faces and, ultimately, the importance of the special calling of working with the dying.Find out more about the book using the links below.
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