Cultural Competency and Diversity Among Hospice Palliative Care Volunteers

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-170

  Jovanovic, Maja ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cultural competency; diversity; hospice; minorities; palliative care; volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84860175878     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909111410415     Document Type: Review

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