Changing Roles for Social Workers?

Medical Social Workers: Current Roles and Tasks

Introduction: Concerning the professional duties of medical social workers, they can have effective role in the treatment process and solving the problems of clients. This study was performed to investigate the current roles and tasks of social workers in hospitals. Method: In this qualitative study, 15 social workers of public and specialized hospitals in Tehran were selected using purposeful...

Men and women: changing roles and social security.

In the Social Security Amendments of 1977, Congress called for a study to examine ways to eliminate dependency as a factor in determining entitlement to spouse's benefits under the social security program as well as proposals to bring about the equal treatment of men and women. The report of the study undertaken in response to that change explores two options for making broad-scale changes--ear...

Training for Social Workers

answer to a question in the House that legislation was to be introduced, on December 12th the Report was again brought before the notice of the Minister by Mr. Kenneth Robinson who asked whether the recommendation concerning financial assistance from central government funds for the training of social workers was to be accepted. The Circular states that, pending the formation of the new Council...

Healthcare Transformation and Changing Roles for Nursing

Factors driving healthcare transformation include fragmentation, access problems, unsustainable costs, suboptimal outcomes, and disparities. Cost and quality concerns along with changing social and disease-type demographics created the greatest urgency for the need for change. Caring for and paying for medical treatments for patients suffering from chronic health conditions are a significant co...

Medical Information for Social Workers