"Notice how you feel": An alternative to detached concern among hospice volunteers

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 944-961

  Fox, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Detached concern; Dying; Hospice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL VALUE; DYING; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33746818346     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732306290233     Document Type: Article

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