Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 502-506 , March 2010

Got Volunteers? Association of Hospice Use of Volunteers With Bereaved Family Members' Overall Rating of the Quality of End-of-Life Care

  • Eve M. Block, MD

      Affiliations

    • Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    • ,
  • David J. Casarett, MD, MA

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Carol Spence, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • Pedro Gozalo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    • ,
  • Stephen R. Connor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • Joan M. Teno, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Joan M. Teno, MD, MS, Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island, RI, USA.

,Accepted 24 November 2009.

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PII: S0885-3924(10)00087-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.11.310

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 502-506 , March 2010

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