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Medical Social Work

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Medical Social Work is a specialized field within social work that focuses on the psychosocial aspects of healthcare. It involves assessing and addressing the social, emotional, and financial needs of patients and their families, facilitating access to resources, and providing support to enhance overall well-being and health outcomes.
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Medical Social Work is a specialized field within social work that focuses on the psychosocial aspects of healthcare. It involves assessing and addressing the social, emotional, and financial needs of patients and their families, facilitating access to resources, and providing support to enhance overall well-being and health outcomes.

Key research themes

1. How do medical social workers function within multidisciplinary teams in hospital settings to improve holistic patient care and health system outcomes?

This theme focuses on the roles and contributions of medical social workers integrated into multidisciplinary healthcare teams, especially within hospital settings. It explores how their professional activities—ranging from patient advocacy to discharge planning and resource mobilization—support holistic care delivery, patient outcomes, and the overall efficiency of healthcare systems.

Key finding: This literature review highlights that medical social workers provide essential psychosocial assessments, patient advocacy, counseling, resource mobilization, and discharge planning within multidisciplinary hospital teams.... Read more
Key finding: This article presents evidence that social workers in integrated health settings address behavioral health, psychosocial, and physical health needs across the life course. It emphasizes the expanding roles of social workers... Read more
Key finding: This paper proposes an educational curriculum designed to prepare health and social care workers, including social workers, to respond to complex care needs in palliative and hospice contexts. It highlights the essential... Read more
Key finding: Based on a practicum report, this study illustrates clinical social work practice with older adults, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration with medical and nursing teams. The findings demonstrate how social workers... Read more

2. What is the scope and impact of social work practice in primary care and community healthcare settings?

This theme explores the role of social workers in primary care and community-based health settings, focusing on their capacities to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care that incorporates psychosocial support, care coordination, and collaboration with other healthcare providers. It examines social work activities that affect patient outcomes, team functionality, and system integration beyond hospital environments.

Key finding: This scoping review identifies social workers’ multifaceted roles in primary care, including psychosocial assessments, counselling, case management, community engagement, and chronic disease management. Social workers... Read more
Key finding: The evaluation of social work student placements in GP practices reported that social workers enhance holistic primary care by addressing complex psychosocial factors, facilitating referrals, and supporting patients facing... Read more
Key finding: This exploratory study reveals that social work services in home health care settings have become limited in scope following policy changes, but patients’ functional status significantly predicts their ability to remain in... Read more
Key finding: Examining MPH/MSW dual-degree students working in border communities, this article highlights how this integrated training enables social workers to address social determinants of health at micro, mezzo, and macro levels.... Read more

3. How do social, institutional, and political factors, including welfare measures, feminist and critical theories, and NGO involvement, shape the professional identity and practice of medical social workers?

This theme investigates the external contextual factors influencing medical social work practice and professional identity. It includes welfare policies affecting social workers’ socioeconomic well-being, feminist and critical theoretical approaches that challenge dominant gender and power assumptions in social work, and the role of NGOs in advancing palliative, hospice, and community care with implications for social work’s evolving role in healthcare.

Key finding: This empirical study finds significant positive correlations between welfare provisions—such as salary packages, study leave, health insurance, and pension schemes—and the socioeconomic well-being of hospital staff,... Read more
Key finding: This critical work forefronts feminist theoretical contributions to social work by exposing entrenched gender norms and intersecting oppressions within the profession. The authors advocate for an anti-oppressive feminist lens... Read more
Key finding: This policy analysis reveals NGOs as critical agents in developing Ukraine’s palliative and hospice care, emphasizing their efforts in advocacy, educational programming, resource mobilization, and humanization of social... Read more
Key finding: This expansive handbook provides an international and interdisciplinary overview of critical social work theories that interrogate political, social, and ethical challenges faced by social workers globally. By incorporating... Read more
Key finding: This chapter uncovers how institutional changes—particularly neoliberal management reforms and COVID-19 impacts—have destabilized healthcare social workers’ professional identity by constraining discretionary autonomy and... Read more

All papers in Medical Social Work

The aim of this study is to clarify the influence of job satisfaction on organizational commitment, with a pension contribution scheme as a mediating variable. The study employed life cycle theory and pension productivity theory to... more
Kompleksowa rehabilitacja chorych na reumatoidalne zapalenie stawów wymaga znajomości patologicznych zjawisk zachodzących w układzie ruchu oraz podejmowania działań profilaktycznych opóźniających niepełnosprawność. Zadaniem zespołu... more
Kompleksowa rehabilitacja chorych na reumatoidalne zapalenie stawów wymaga znajomości patologicznych zjawisk zachodzących w układzie ruchu oraz podejmowania działań profilaktycznych opóźniających niepełnosprawność. Zadaniem zespołu... more
Yaşlılık döneminde sağlık sorunlarının yönetiminde dördüncül korunmanın rolünü incelemek, risklerin azaltılması, gereksiz tıbbi müdahalelerin önlenmesi ve bireylerin bağımsızlıklarının korunmasının yaşlı bireylerin sağlık ve refahına... more
Industrial disharmony is a state of unrest, a situation where there is an inability among the participating parties to reach a peaceful agreement as it affects job rules and conditions of work. It presents itself as disputes between... more
With the industrialized society, many social problems emerged, and the need for industrial social work practices was understood. As a discipline born into the industrial revolution, social work was considerably affected by the... more
Astim, cocuklarin gunluk yasamlari uzerine belirgin etki yapabilen cocukluk cagi hastaliklarindan biridir. Yuksek gorulme sikligina sahip astim hastalik grubu dogaldir ki, cocugun, ailesinin ve toplumsal anlamda yasam kalitesinin de... more
Introduction The qualities of primary healthcare (PHC) make it a very relevant environment for research; however, there is still work to be done to enhance the research capabilities of family physicians in healthcare units. Considering... more
The following is a two-paper dissertation exploring the role of social workers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The classical and contemporary perspectives of grief theory provide the framework for understanding emotional... more
Ideational analyses of attitudes towards competition, individualization, privatization John Lapidus AKADEMISK AVHANDLING som med vederbörligt tillstånd av Handelshögskolans fakultetsnämnd vid Göteborgs universitet för vinnande av ekonomie... more
Ideational analyses of attitudes towards competition, individualization, privatization John Lapidus AKADEMISK AVHANDLING som med vederbörligt tillstånd av Handelshögskolans fakultetsnämnd vid Göteborgs universitet för vinnande av ekonomie... more
This review article seeks to unveil the multifaceted roles of medical social workers in a multidisciplinary team in hospital settings, uncovering insights from the existing literature highlighting their contribution in promoting holistic... more
This study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the similarities and differences in retirement program benefits and levels of personal integrity among 70 employees from various organizations, including private,... more
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) describes reported adverse reactions to exposure to common chemical agents (solvents, odourants, air pollutants, material or substances) in low doses tolerated by most people. Symptoms involve more than... more
Introduction: Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) describes reported adverse reactions to exposure to common chemical agents (solvents, odourants, air pollutants, material or substances) in low doses tolerated by most people. Symptoms... more
Bu kitap 19 Mayıs Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Editörlüğünde Hazırlanmıştır" ÖNSÖZ Sosyal bilimlerin öneminin giderek arttığı günümüzde, farklı toplumsal konu ve sorunlara farklı disiplinler tarafından yapılan çalışmaların artış gösterdiği... more
Modern dünyada yaşanan teknolojik gelişmeler, sağlık alanındaki ilerlemeler, insan ömrünün uzamasına ve dünya genelinde nüfusun yaşlanma hızının artmasına neden olmaktadır. Yaşlanan nüfusun artmasına paralel olarak yaşlılara yönelik suç... more
1925-27 yılları arasında yazılan Son Yıldız, Mehmed Rauf’un sağlığının kötüleşmeye başladığı yıllara ait romanların ilkidir. Romanın baş kahramanı Fahri Cemal, sevdiği genç kadını daha fazla elinde tutamayacağından korkan Şehrâh gazetesi... more
Yaşam hakkı da dâhil olmak üzere temel insan hakları için LGBTİ+ hareketin hayatın farklı alanlarında verdiği mücadele sıklıkla bir bütün olarak ele alınmaktadır. Lezbiyen, gey, biseksüel, trans, interseks ve daha fazlasına dair... more
Orduda sosyal hizmet, barış zamanı, savaş zamanı ve ulusal kriz dönemlerinde, askerî personel ve askerî personel ailelerine hizmet veren sosyal hizmet mesleği dalıdır. Askerî personel, savaş stresi ve görev sonrası sivil hayata uyum... more
Introduction: Joint hypermobility is a common physical feature. Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (BJHS) can occur alone, with musculoskeletal pain, or as part of complex phenotypes. Detailed studies have been conducted over the years... more
Küresel bir afet olan Covid-19 pandemisi, pek çok ülkenin sosyal hizmet sistemi için krize neden olan zorlayıcı bir deneyim olmuştur. Sosyal hizmet uzmanları aracılığıyla pandeminin ilk dalgasını içeren süreçte, sosyal hizmet alanındaki... more
A documentation study was conducted in Delhi to investigate the single parent families through divorce and influence of absent of one parent through divorce on children. The study investigated problems faced by these families in social,... more
Objectives This scoping review maps the extant literature on students' and graduates' mental health experiences throughout their university-to-work transitions. The current review investigates the methodological features of the studies,... more
The author has analyzed the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the development of palliative and hospice care in Ukraine from 2011 to 2024. Using such research methods, as bibliosemantic and systems analysis, it has been... more
The Routledge Handbook of International Critical Social Work is a companion volume to the Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work. It brings together world’s leading scholars in the field to provide additional, in-depth, and... more
Amaç: Bu çalışma ile Çorum bölgesinde yaşayan inflamatuar romatizmal hastalıkları olan kişilerde tanı ve tedavi gecikmesinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı özellikteki bu çalışma Eylül-Kasım 2018... more
Suchość jamy ustnej lub kserostomia definiowana jako zmniejszenie ilości wydzielanej śliny z towarzyszącym uczuciem suchości w jamie ustnej to częsty problem osób przewlekle chorych, zwłaszcza w wieku podeszłym. Zaburzenie prawidłowej... more
Günümüzde sosyal sorunların karmaşık, çok yönlü ve dinamik doğası sosyal hizmet teorisi ve uygulaması açısından yeni ve güncel bilgilerin üretilmesi ve geliştirilmesini gerektirmektedir. Bu bağlamda hem bilimsel bilgi elde etme aracı hem... more
Objectives: Maximising social workers’ contributions to primary care requires clarity about their scope of practice in this context. This scoping review sought to clarify what is known about social work’s scope of practice in primary care... more
The paper discusses an educational curriculum designed to prepare a variety of health care workers to better respond to the complex needs of seriously ill people in Ukraine.
The study guided by the Ujamaa Intersections Model necessity a review and presentation of findings on the linkage of social work values and Ubuntu values toward serving autistic children in Tanzania. The primary vision of Tanzania's... more
Bu çalışmanın amacı hastanede çalışan sağlık personelleri arasında sosyal hizmet uzmanı ve tıbbi sosyal hizmet bölümünün farkındalığının değerlendirilmesidir. Yöntem: Araştırma, iki aylık süre içinde İstanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Eğitim... more
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This material delineates the outcomes of a social initiative undertaken by the charitable non-governmental organization "Association of Palliative and Hospice Care", operational in eight regions of Ukraine since September 2022. The... more
Ozet Koronavirus hastaligi 2019 (COVID-19) toplumsal hayatin her alaninda daha once gorulmemis etkileri olan kuresel bir salgindir. Yuksek risk gruplarindan biri olan yasli bireyler, gundelik hayatlarinda zorlayici degisiklikler... more
Şiddet, hem ulkemizde hem de dunya capinda yasanan sosyal sorunlarin en basinda gelmektedir. Bireylerin yasam kalitelerini dusurmekte ve benlik saygilarini zedelemektedir. Kadina yonelik siddet, temel insan hakki ihlallerinden biridir.... more
Amac: Astim cocukluk caginin en sik gorulen kronik inflamatuvar hastaligidir. Tum kronik hastaliklarda oldugu gibi astimda da egitim; hasta-hekim isbirliginin en onemli noktasidir. Bu calisma ile gelir seviyesi dusuk bir bolgede yasayan... more
Bilmek ve harekete geçmek ile karakterize olan risk kavramı; özellikle refah devletlerinin eğitim, sağlık ve sosyal hizmetlerinde geliştirilen söylemlerle olumlu değişime erişmek için engellenmesi gereken durumlar olarak kabul edilir.... more
Geçtiğimiz yirmi yıl boyunca Türkiye'de sosyal hizmet ve sosyal politika alanlarında reformlar hayata geçirilmiştir. Bu reformların özellikle yerel düzeyde hizmet kalitesini ve erişilebilirliğini ortaya koymaya yönelik sınırlı sayıda... more
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