Employee Volunteers Research Articles

Employee volunteers in a professional preadmission program.

The voluntary involvement of hospital staff in a preadmission program can enhance the delivery of psychosocial care in a cost-effective way. This paper describes how a large pediatric teaching hospital pooled its multidisciplinary resources to pilot a professionally coordinated preadmission program with a strong volunteer component. Early evaluation of the involvement of employee volunteers highlights the benefits provided to hospital staff and to the institution as a whole.

IS IT ETHICAL TO CONDUCT VOLUNTEER STUDIES WITHIN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY?

There is a case for appropriately selected drug studies within the pharmaceutical industry in which employee volunteers are used. Provided the organisation and conduct of such studies are approached in an ethical manner, with attention to safeguarding the volunteer and recognising the limitations, this work can be done expeditiously, cheaply, and safely. Some details are given of the arrangements made for volunteer studies within a company.