Hospice volunteers: A push back to the future

Ethical issues for hospice volunteers.

Health care professionals usually receive professional education in ethics, but the half million hospice volunteers in the United States may receive only brief training that is limited to confidentiality and the volunteer role. The purpose of this study was to explore ethical issues hospice volunteers confront in their work. Interviews with 39 hospice volunteers were conducted, audio recorded, ...

Hospice volunteers: bridging the gap to the community?

Current demographic, policy and management changes are a challenge to hospices to develop their volunteering practices. The study upon which this paper is based aimed to explore good practice in volunteer involvement and identify ways of improving care through developing volunteering. The project consisted of a narrative literature review; a survey of volunteer managers; and organisational case...

Zambia : Back to the future ?

Back to the Evolutionary Future

Many books on evolution focus on the distant past or the present. Very few authors addressing a lay audience present what evolutionary changes may look like in the future. Coker has done so in this popular science book intended for a general audience. Basing the text on his similarly named course given at Elon University, the author provides a fascinating account of diverse aspects of evolution...

Perimetry--back to the future?

What does the future hold for the patient with glaucoma? Years and years of repetitive strain injury caused by peri-metric testing, or relief following its replacement by other simpler and less demanding tests? A recent editorial in this journal has drawn attention to these problems,' and applauded the attempt to lessen patient discomfort by shortening the duration of the test.2 It raises the q...