Hospice palliative care volunteers: The benefits for patients, family caregivers, and the volunteers

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 809-813

  Claxton Oldfield, Stephen ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benefits; Hospice; Palliative care; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; CANADA; CAREGIVER; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VOLUNTEER;

AFFECT; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PATIENTS; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84945469769     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951514000674     Document Type: Article

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