Why do people volunteer for community first responder groups?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Timmons, Stephen ^a   Vernon Evans, Alix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FIRST AID; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLUNTEER;

ALTRUISM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84874645835     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200990     Document Type: Article

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