Helping them live until they die: Volunteer practices in palliative home care

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 734-752

  Sévigny, Andrée ^a   Dumont, Serge ^a   Cohen, S Robin ^b   Frappier, Annie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VITAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

End of life; Hospice; Palliative care; Voluntary participation; Volunteer practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955168199     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009339074     Document Type: Article

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