Peculiarities of social work in health care assistance

Abstract

In the context of the provision of health care, medical social work has the goals of enhancing an individual's appropriateness and ability to cope with his circumstances, with the ultimate objective of helping individuals to gain the greatest possible amount of happiness from their life. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to investigate the applicability of medical social work in the current system of providing health care, with the intention of determining some of the roles of medical social workers that have been regarded as being particularly helpful in resolving the psychological issues experienced by patients. Using the quantitative research approach, data were collected from two hospitals, namely the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Enugu and the Bishop Shanahan Hospital (BSH). “The outcomes of the research indicate that medical social work is relevant in the process of treating patients and extremely successful in resolving the psychological issues that patients face. According to the findings of the research, one area that requires the immediate attention of those responsible for formulating public policy in this nation is the incorporation of social work services into the medical treatment that patients get.