Rewarding altruism: Addressing the issue of payments for volunteers in public health initiatives

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-87

  South, Jane ^a   Purcell, Martin E ^a,b   Branney, Peter ^a   Gamsu, Mark ^a   White, Judy ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expenses; Health inequalities; Lay health workers; Payment; Public policy; Qualitative research; United Kingdom; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EXPENSES; HEALTH INEQUALITIES; LAY HEALTH WORKERS; PAYMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEERING;

ALTRUISM; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84894440204     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.058     Document Type: Article

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