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Data were analysed using an adapted framework analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting\/participants:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Acute hospital in-patient units, in five European countries. Participants were recruited if they were: Volunteers from the end-of-life-care volunteer service, or Healthcare professionals working within the wards that the volunteer service is operational.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      20 Volunteers and 20 healthcare professionals were recruited. Most participants were female (70%,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200914\/65%,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200913). The healthcare professionals included a majority nurses (60%). Three overall themes were generated: (1) Volunteers provided \u2018unique, distinct, \u2018community\u2019 support\u2019 bringing familiarity to an unfamiliar, medically focussed environment. (2) Volunteers were able to \u2018establish a connection centred on \u2018being there\u2019 within the acute hospital environment\u2019 despite the fast paced and highly changeable environment. (3) Through \u2018relational interactions adapted to the individual person\u2019 volunteers attended to patients\u2019 existential and emotional needs.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These services confer benefits that are transferrable across cultures and countries, \u2018fusing\u2019 formal care with the informal visiting of family or friends, attending to patients\u2019 existential needs. 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