Understanding the role of the volunteer in specialist palliative care: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Burbeck, Rachel ^a   Candy, Bridget ^a   Low, Joe ^a   Rees, Rebecca ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Qualitative studies; Role; Systematic review; Thematic synthesis; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893693357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-13-3     Document Type: Article

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