Should I Stay or Should I Go: A Study of Hospice Palliative Care Volunteer Satisfaction and Retention

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 525-530

  Claxton Oldfield, Stephen ^a   Claxton Oldfield, Jane ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Tantramar Hospice Palliative Care Organization Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

attrition; hospice palliative care; retention; satisfaction; turnover; volunteers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84867734079     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909111432622     Document Type: Article

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