From my perspective, the origin of Hospice of the Valley was pastoral, serendipitous, humble, controversial and blessed.
Hospice has not always been a familiar, publicly-approved mode of caring for terminally ill patients, and our experience in establishing Hospice of the Valley, the first hospice in Phoenix, the second in Arizona, and the 51st in the nation, was neither simple nor easy. The Beginning and Early Years of Hospice of the Valley By the Rev.
