Aunties and Uncles Co-operative Family Project Ltd: Volunteers making a difference in the lives of children and parents

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 291-302

  Wilkes, Lesley ^a   Beale, Barbara ^a   Cole, Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Evaluation of teaching; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 34247554288     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2006.23.2.291     Document Type: Article

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