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The participation of volunteers in contemporary palliative care

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journal contribution
posted on 2024-06-16, 13:41 authored by M McKinnon
Historically, in Australia, individuals with widely differing interests, skills and values have engaged collaboratively, in a voluntary capacity, to establish services to assist persons experiencing particular need or hardship. Gradual recognition and acceptance by the State of its social responsibilities to citizens with various needs in areas of health, welfare, education and others, have seen the provision of a range of statutory services available to all Australians. Volunteer participation in the delivery of modern health services, therefore, is not usual; palliative care is an exception rather than a norm. This article explores the relationship between understandings of death and dying in Western culture and the participation of volunteers in contemporary palliative care. The author presents a view that volunteers provide a distinctive contribution to the quality of care delivery and to enrichment of the social environment of the wider community also. The topic is of relevance to all nurses and especially those involved in the care of dying persons and of their families.

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Journal

Australian journal of advanced nursing

Volume

19

Pagination

38-44

Location

South Melbourne, Vic.

ISSN

0813-0531

eISSN

1447-4328

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

4

Publisher

Australian Nursing Federation

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