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COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed situation of volunteering in palliative care units all over the world. The involvement of volunteers who formed and supported hospices and were involved in palliative care provided to patients and families was significantly hampered. According to multicenter CovPall study conducted in 2020 a total of 79% palliative care units explored significantly rarer utilized volunteers support. In spite of difficult epidemiology situation in some palliative care units volunteers provided psycho-social and spiritual support to patients after being training regarding rules of protection against being infected, although with less frequency compared before pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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