‘Being with’ or ‘doing for’? How the role of an end-of-life volunteer befriender can impact patient wellbeing: interviews from a multiple qualitative case study (ELSA)

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 3163-3172

  Dodd, Steven ^a   Hill, Matt ^b,c   Ockenden, Nick ^b,d   Algorta, Guillermo Perez ^e   Payne, Sheila ^a   Preston, Nancy ^a   Walshe, Catherine ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NCVO   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Youth Impact   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End of life; Palliative care; Qualitative research; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; STAFF; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 85044538424     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-018-4169-2     Document Type: Article

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