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Medical Social Workers

Medical Social Workers help individuals, couples and families cope with the social, psychological, cultural and medical issues resulting from an illness. Professionals in medical social services also help patients fully utilize medical care and services by:

Explaining health-care resources and policies to patients, family and professional staff

Helping plan for post-hospital patient needs by arranging for services at another facility or in the home

Explaining to patients the epidemiology of diseases, including social environment risk factors

Helping patients and families receive needed follow-up care by referral to health-care resources

Understanding the social, cultural and religious variables that contribute to patients' responses to illness and their use of health-care resources

Providing advocacy through appropriate organizations