Running a Volunteer Program for Palliative Care in a Chinese Hospital: Our Practice and Experience

• Published in: Chinese medical sciences journal Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 216 - 220
• Main Authors: Ning, Xiaohong, Li, Jie, Xiang, Yirong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Elsevier B.V 30.12.2018; Department of Geriatrics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China%Department of Information Management, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
• Subjects: China; hospice; Hospitals - statistics & numerical data; Humans; palliative care; Palliative Care - methods; Peking Union Medical College Hospital; volunteer; Volunteers; China; volunteer; hospice; palliative care; Peking Union Medical College Hospital
• ISSN: 1001-9294
• DOI: 10.24920/003526

The establishment and development of volunteer team are very important in the whole process of palliative care. The concept and practice of palliative care have been developed in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) since the end of 2012. Great progress has been made in different aspects. Volunteers play an extremely important role in the development of palliative care in PUMCH. The whole work began with the establishment of volunteer teams. This article introduces the process of the establishment and development of palliative care volunteer team in PUMCH, aiming to provide practical references for hospitals in mainland China to develop their own palliative care volunteer team.