Volunteers in specialist palliative care: A survey of adult services in the United Kingdom

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 568-574

  Burbeck, Rachel ^a   Low, Joe ^a   Sampson, Elizabeth L ^a   Bravery, Ruth ^b   Hill, Matthew ^c   Morris, Sara ^d   Ockenden, Nick ^c   Payne, Sheila ^d   Candy, Bridget ^a  

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

^b Marie Curie Cancer Care   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Volunteering Research   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DAY CARE; ESTHETICS; FAMILY INTERACTION; FUNDING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MANPOWER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; COST CONTROL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPICES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84900335914     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0157     Document Type: Article

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