The voluntary contribution to UK childhood bereavement services: Locating the place and experiences of unpaid staff.
This paper describes the unpaid contribution to UK childhood bereavement service provision. Data on staffing was gained through a national postal survey and eight organizational case studies. Compared to volunteers in specialist palliative care and hospice settings, unpaid staff were drawn from a yo...
| Publicado en: | Mortality Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 258 - 282 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2008
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