Hospice volunteer as patient advocate: A trait approach

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-167

  Savery, Carol A ^a   Egbert, Nichole ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argumentativeness; Communication; Hospice volunteer; Locus of control; Patient advocate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; CONTROL; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 77956994972     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990915     Document Type: Article

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