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A Qualitative Study on the Position and Role of Volunteers in Integrated Care—An Example of Palliative Care in Croatia
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (2022), 13; 8203. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138203
Vočanec, Dorja; Lončarek, Karmen; Banadinović, Maja; Sović, Slavica; Džakula, Aleksandar

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Vočanec, D., Lončarek, K., Banadinović, M., Sović, S. & Džakula, A. (2022). A Qualitative Study on the Position and Role of Volunteers in Integrated Care—An Example of Palliative Care in Croatia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19. (13). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19138203

Vočanec, Dorja, et al. "A Qualitative Study on the Position and Role of Volunteers in Integrated Care—An Example of Palliative Care in Croatia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 13, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138203

Vočanec, Dorja, Karmen Lončarek, Maja Banadinović, Slavica Sović and Aleksandar Džakula. "A Qualitative Study on the Position and Role of Volunteers in Integrated Care—An Example of Palliative Care in Croatia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 13 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138203

Vočanec, D., et al. (2022) 'A Qualitative Study on the Position and Role of Volunteers in Integrated Care—An Example of Palliative Care in Croatia', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19138203

Vočanec D, Lončarek K, Banadinović M, Sović S, Džakula A. A Qualitative Study on the Position and Role of Volunteers in Integrated Care—An Example of Palliative Care in Croatia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [Internet]. 2022 July 05 [cited 2024 April 27];19(13). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19138203

D. Vočanec, K. Lončarek, M. Banadinović, S. Sović and A. Džakula, "A Qualitative Study on the Position and Role of Volunteers in Integrated Care—An Example of Palliative Care in Croatia", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 13, July 2022. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:237042. [Accessed: 27 April 2024]

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Title (english)A Qualitative Study on the Position and Role of Volunteers in Integrated Care—An Example of Palliative Care in Croatia
AuthorDorja Vočanec
AuthorKarmen Lončarek
AuthorMaja Banadinović
AuthorSlavica Sović
AuthorAleksandar Džakula
Author's institutionUniversity of Zagreb
School of Medicine
(Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Organization)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Public Health and Health Care
Social Medicine
Abstract (english)
Volunteers have been present in palliative care since its inception. With the development of palliative care systems, their role and position are changing. Given growing long-term care needs and limited resources in health and social care, volunteers are becoming an important resource in meeting these needs. In Croatia, palliative care has been developing as an integrated care model since 2014. To assess the position and the role of volunteers, we analyzed legislative documents from healthcare and social care and conducted a focus group with volunteers in palliative care. We found that volunteers provide support from the social aspect of care, for the patient and the family. The formal palliative care system involves them as partners in the provision of care, even though this cooperation is informal. The main determinants of their activities are an individualized approach, flexibility, a community presence, and project funding. In conclusion, these determinants allow them to react quickly to identified needs, but with them come some uncertainties of their sustainability. Their activities could indicate what needs to be integrated between health and social care and in what areas. Volunteers both fill in gaps in the system and are ahead of the system, and by doing this they develop new processes around identified unmet needs.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Numberingvol. 19, no. 13, 8203
e-ISSN1660-4601
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138203
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:105:237042
Publication2022-07-05
Document URLhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/13/8203
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