Social work in health care
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Soc Work Health Care · Jan 1978
Emergency department social work: a program description and analysis.
This article reports on the development of a social work component in the Emergency Department of a teaching-research hospital. It examines the rationale for developing the service and the objectives of the program. It also presents a statistical analysis of the first 2 full years of service. Finally, some of the major problems experienced in establishing such a program are discussed and possible solutions recommended.