Supporting hospice volunteers and caregivers through community-based participatory research

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-198

  MacLeod, Ann ^a   Skinner, Mark W ^a   Low, Eleanor ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hospice Peterborough   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care giving; Community based research; Families; Palliative care; Social support; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84856701358     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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