How they cope: A qualitative study of the coping skills of hospice volunteers

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 398-402

  Brown, Mary V ^a  

^a UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; hospice; meaning making; stress; volunteer; volunteer coordinators

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PET ANIMAL; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; FUNERAL RITES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 80054684743     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909110393946     Document Type: Article

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