It takes a whole community: The contribution of rural hospice volunteers to whole-person palliative care

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-111

  McKee, Margaret ^a   Kelley, Mary Lou ^b   Gulrguis Younger, Manal ^c   MacLean, Michael ^d   Nadin, Shevaun ^e  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Rural hospice volunteering; Whole person care

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VOLUNTEER;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 77954521157     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585971002600206     Document Type: Article

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