title: Volunteering for service: the role of emergency nurses.
abstract: The Order of Malta Volunteers is a Roman Catholic charity best known for organising pilgrimages to Lourdes for disabled people. This article offers a personal account of the author's experiences as head nurse of the charity, in Lourdes and in the wake of last year's earthquake in Haiti.
authors.affiliation: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rudden
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities; D055866:Earthquakes; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012066:Relief Work; D006113:United Kingdom; D014838:Volunteers