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Volunteers in hospice and palliative care: A handbook for volunteer service managers [Paperback]

Derek Doyle (Editor)

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Publication Date: Nov 1 2002 | ISBN-10: 0198516088 | ISBN-13: 978-0198516088 | Edition: 1
This book provides comprehensive, practical guidelines on the responsibilities of those who lead, co-ordinate 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 always important work. In the United Kingdom alone, there are thousands of volunteers in hospice work, a small proportion doing work with patients, and the vast majority doing equally valuable work such as driving, sitting with relatives, manning charity shops and telephones. As a result, Europe, Australia, the United States and Canada are very interested in the United Kingdom's use of volunteers. Aimed primarily at Volunteer Service Managers in small hospices, large specialist palliative care units, and in general hospitals with palliative care teams, this book 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. Contributors, who are all Volunteer Service Managers themselves, have included small, clinical vignettes to bring the text to life. This book will also appeal to the volunteers themselves.

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This refreshingly jargon-free book informs, guides, educates and generally gives clarity to what managing volunteers in palliative care is about and how complex this work really is... I only wish it had been published when I first started! Volunteering Magazine Derek Doyle is to be congratulated on producing another excellent volume for palliative are. I think that any palliative care service with volunteers should obtain a copy for their VSM, as a token of support and gratitude. IAHPC Website This 223-page text will prove invaluable for new voluntary service managers, and an aid to better management and performance in many established services. Definitely recommended reading. Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education, Australia

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5.0 out of 5 stars Volunteers in Hospice and pallative care Aug 15 2005
By A. R. Douglas Sr. - Published on Amazon.com
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Very compassionate overview and description of the organization of a hospice. Great emphasis placed orientation, and volunteer rules. A good handbook for service managers.

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