A study of the social factors and the case worker's role in the treatment of twenty patients with bronchial asthma at the Beth Israel Hospital
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the social factors
which are present in the children and adults with a diagnosis
of bronchial asthma and to learn the role of the social
worker in the treatment of these cases. The writer hopes to
find out the ways in which the medical social worker can help
the asthmatic patient benefit from the medical treatment he is
receiving. The writer sets forth the following questions to
be answered: 1) What are the reasons for referral to the socia~
service department? 2) What are the factors in the environment
which seem to be impeding treatment? 3) What methods are ;
used by the social worker in trying to remove the obstacles?
4) To what extent is it possible to achieve these objectives?
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Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University
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