BMJ 2008;336:978 (3 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.39567.391586.DB
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Cancer centre provides space for patients to "explore their thoughts"
Susan Mayor
1 London
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A new support centre for people with cancer, the latest in a series of Maggie’s Caring Centres around Britain, has opened at Charing Cross Hospital in west London. The centres are based on the vision of the late Maggie Keswick Jencks, a writer on Chinese gardens, of places to provide high quality support for people with cancer. While being treated for cancer she identified a need for patients to receive emotional and psychological support and practical information in an uplifting environment.
The London centre is the first of seven new caring centres planned for England and Wales, bringing the total to 13 by 2012. It was designed by architects from the Richard Rogers’ partnership, Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners. Other leading architects—including Richard Murphy, Frank Gehry, and Zaha Hadid—are designing further centres.
Maggie’s Caring Centres aim to provide help, information, and support for people with cancer to enable them to
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