Pilot study of a visitor volunteer programme for community elderly people receiving home health care

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-232

  MacIntyre, Irene ^a   Corradetti, Pat ^a   Roberts, Jacqueline ^b,d,e   Browne, Gina ^b,d   Watt, Susan ^c,d   Lane, Adele ^b  

^a Volunteer Programme

^b Practice Development Fellow   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Social Service Utilzation   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 1842790365     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1999.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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