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,

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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, David J. Casarett, MD, MA, Carol Spence, RN, PhD, Pedro Gozalo, PhD, Stephen R. Connor, PhD, Joan M. Teno, MD, MS Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 502-506 (March 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.11.310 Copyright © 2010 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Variation in average hours of direct patient volunteer services per patient week is reported among 305 hospice programs. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2010 39, 502-506DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.11.310) Copyright © 2010 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions