Medical Social Work

Examples of medical social work services I render, include:

• Patients who had surgery and there are concerns about how they will handle out-of-hospital treatment and after-care;
• Bereavement and grief counselling to patients and families;
• Explanation of the patient’s condition / diagnoses to the family, school or employer;
• Concerns when patients are regularly admitted for the same conditions;
• Concerns about coping abilities of new parents after giving birth;
• Psychological aspects: suicide attempts / self-harming behavior;
• Other social-emotional issues like physical abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence, substance abuse, neglect, divorce, marital conflict, behavioral problems and statutory cases.