Being a hospice volunteer

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 602-609

  Andersson, Birgit ^a   Öhlén, Joakim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hermeneutics; Hospice volunteer; Palliative care; Phenomenology; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE NURSING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NARRATIVE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 31144450797     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm1083oa     Document Type: Article

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