Got volunteers? The selection, training, roles, and impact of hospice palliative care volunteers in Canada’s community-based volunteer programs

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-40

  Claxton Oldfield, Stephen ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospice; Palliative care; Roles; Selection; Training; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927596613     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: 15526739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822314535089     Document Type: Article

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