Social Workers and General Practice

The role of part-time social workers in general practice.

Conflict Between Professional Ethics and Practice Demands: Social Workers’ Perceptions

This study examined the degree to which social workers perceived experiencing ethical conflicts in the contexts of their practice environments. A sample of 376 NASW members filled out questionnaires to report on a Likert scale the degree to which eight vignettes describing practice situations presented a value conflict, were frequent, and were inevitable. Findings indicated that respondents ten...

Workers, Warriors, and Criminals: Social Conict in General Equilibrium

We analyze how economic shocks and policies a¤ect the intensity of social con‡ict. We show that not all shocks that could make society richer reduce con‡ict. In our model, positive shocks to labor intensive industries diminish social con‡ict, while positive shocks to capital intensive industries increase it. The key requirement is that appropriation activities be more labor intensive than the e...

Comparative Study of Burnout Rate of Psychiatric Social Workers with Other Areas of Social Work Practice in Tehran

Introduction: Psychiatric social work is one of the most important areas in which social workers as a member of the treatment team provide specialized services in providing a supportive environment for people with mental disorders and their families to meet their needs and return to society. Because one of the factors influencing the quality of social services provided to social work target gro...

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...