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[Investigation of medical social work in Chinese hospitals]
Zhe Chen1, Zhicheng Gong2, Xujie Hao3
1Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078; Xiangya Hosptial, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
Objective:
To understand the development of medical social work in China, and provide reference and basis for promoting medical social work in the next stage. Methods: A random sampling method was used to survey and analyze the data from questionnaires distributed to hospitals at or above the second level in China. Results: Medical social work had been carried out in all parts of the country, but the development was not balanced with the establishment of specialized agencies accounting for about 7.9% of the total survey. Only 17.5% of the hospitals carried out medical social work as a routine work. The medical social work service mainly included volunteer operation and management, patient psychological counseling, and so on. Conclusion: The development of medical social work in hospitals in China is still in its infancy, and the regional development is not balanced. Lack of professionals, unclear responsibilities of medical social workers and low social identity of medical social work are the main factors restricting development.
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