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Oxford University Press
10 May 2018
Volunteers have a long been involved in supporting the delivery of palliative care. Indeed in some countries, the range and quality of hospice and palliative care services depends on the involvement of volunteers.

Hospice and palliative care services and volunteering are changing.

As society develops, so too does volunteering. Volunteers have growing expectations of organizations, and increasingly seek roles that meet their needs and aspirations, rather than fitting in with organizational approaches. As hospice and palliative care services experience increasing and changing demands for their services due to aging populations with complex healthcare needs, we need to recognize that volunteers have a vital role to play in supporting the delivery of services of the future. The Changing Face of Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care explores the complex phenomenon that is volunteering in hospice and palliative care in different countries. It considers how and why volunteering is changing, through the contributions of authors from Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Australia, Africa, and India. It reflects on the influence of culture and organisational contexts, in addition to management approaches, legislative, and political influences, highlighting factors that contribute to the success of volunteering.

Contributing to knowledge and understanding in the field of volunteering in hospice and palliative care internationally, this book highlights the factors that contribute to the success of volunteering models, allowing readers to see possibilities for change and find new ideas for innovative practice in their own setting.

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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 157mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   364g
ISBN:   9780198788270
ISBN 10:   0198788274
Pages:   240
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
1: Steven Howlett: The modern context of volunteering 2: Sheila Payne and Sara Morris: The modern context of palliative care 3: Ros Scott: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in the UK 4: Leena Pelttari and Anna H. Pissarek Austria: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in Austria 5: Anne Goossensen and Jos Somsen: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in the Netherlands 6: Michaela Hesse and Lukas Radbruch: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in Germany 7: Piotr Krakowiak and Leszek Pawlowski: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in Poland and Eastern Europe 8: Stephen Claxton-Oldfield: Volunteering in hospice palliative care in Canada 9: Greg Schneider: Volunteering in USA 10: Alex Huntir: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in Australia 11: Fatia Kiyange: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in Africa 12: Anil Kumar Paleri and Libby Sallnow: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in India 13: Nigel Hartley: Volunteering and the challenges of change 14: Libby Sallnow and Heather Richardson: Volunteering and community 15: Ros Scott: In our own words 16: Steven Howlett and Ros Scott: Pulling it all together

Ros Scott is a researcher and voluntary sector consultant with a background in organisational development, research and the development of volunteering and of palliative care organisations. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Dundee. Co-Chair of the European Association for Palliative Care Task Force on Volunteering, she is also Vice-Chair of a Scottish bereavement charity and serves on the Scottish Advisory Board of a UK palliative care organisation. She writes about and also presents on hospice and palliative care volunteering both in the UK and internationally. She has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award for work in hospice volunteering. Steven Howlett is a Deputy Director at Roehampton Business School where he teaches undergraduate and post graduate courses in management and ethics. Previously he was Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Volunteering research where he completed many studies on volunteering.

Reviews for The Changing Face of Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care

If you run a palliative care volunteer service, or a palliative care service with a volunteer program, you need to read this book. Not only will it give you an in-depth view of where things are at, but also how things are changing in countries from around the world. * Roger Woodruff, IAHPC Newsletter *


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