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THE VALUE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER IN GENERAL PRACTICE
Author(s) -
Watson David S.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb47585.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , social work , novelty , value (mathematics) , referral , work (physics) , medical practice , general practice , psychology , sociology , medicine , nursing , family medicine , social psychology , engineering , political science , computer science , law , mechanical engineering , pathology , machine learning
Medical social work in general practice is a novelty in Australia. Experience gained following two years’ attachment of a medical social work team to a five‐man metropolitan group practice is described; in particular a review of the areas of referral are outlined and two examples of medical case work are quoted. A comparison is made with a similar study of such an attachment scheme in a London suburb.