Hospital volunteering experiences suggest that new policies are needed to promote their integration in daily care: Findings from a qualitative study

Abstract

To explore Hospital Volunteers’ (HVs) motivations and experiences, as well as the strategies they adopt to overcome challenging situations during volunteering and the needs they perceive.

Keywords

• health and social care
• health human resources policy
• hospital resources
• italy
• qualitative methodologies
• volunteers
• zdravstvena in socialna oskrba
• politika človeških virov v zdravstvu
• bolnišnična sredstva, italija
• kvalitativne metodologije
• prostovoljci