Medical students as hospice volunteers: The benefits to a hospice organization

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 392-398

  Setla, Judith ^a,c   Watson, Linda ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Colombia College of Missouri Mattydale ^*  (United States)

^c Association of Central New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospice; Medical students; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MARKETING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEW YORK; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34247214074     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909106292174     Document Type: Article

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