Diversity among hospice volunteers: A challenge for the development of a responsive volunteer program

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 656-664

  Roessler, Amira ^a   Carter, Helen ^b   Campbell, Laurel ^b   MacLeod, Roderick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Mary Potter Hospice   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; NEW ZEALAND; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0033187922     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990919901600506     Document Type: Article

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