Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ452452
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Stress and Burnout: Concerns for the Hospice Volunteer.
Glass, J. Conrad, Jr.; Hastings, Janice L.
Educational Gerontology, v18 n7 p715-31 Oct-Nov 1992
Sources of stress for hospice volunteers are environmental, ideological, and personal. Attention to volunteer stress and burnout involves defining job requirements and responsibilities, frequent communication and feedback, stress management techniques, flexibility in assignments, and opportunities to verbalize emotions. (SK)
Descriptors: Burnout, Caregivers, Hospices (Terminal Care), Stress Management, Volunteer Training, Volunteers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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