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9780199545827

Volunteers in hospice and palliative care A resource for voluntary service managers

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  • ISBN13:

    9780199545827

  • ISBN10:

    0199545820

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-11-23
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This book provides comprehensive, practical guidelines on the responsibilities of those who lead, coordinate, and manage volunteers in small hospices, large specialist palliative care units, and in general hospitals with palliative care teams. Volunteers are key workers who often perform difficult and important work. This updated second edition covers volunteer selection, training, supervision and support, and legal and ethical considerations. Information is presented in an easily accessible way, using key points, summary panels and checklists.

Table of Contents

List of contributorsp. xiii
Introductionp. 1
Setting the scene: the landscape of volunteeringp. 11
The management role of the Voluntary Services Managerp. 21
Considering quality and measuring impactp. 33
The selection of volunteersp. 45
The training and education of volunteersp. 63
The support of volunteersp. 87
Volunteering and legal issuesp. 99
Professionals working as volunteersp. 109
Ethical issues for VSMs in hospice carep. 119
Volunteers working in a bereavement servicep. 131
Volunteers in a children's hospicep. 145
Volunteers working in a community palliative care servicep. 177
Volunteers working in a tertiary referral teaching hospitalp. 195
Neighbourhood Network in Palliative Care, Kerala, Indiap. 211
Glossary of termsp. 221
Indexp. 225
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