Which of the following is be st suited for the role of social worker -

Medical social worker The medical social worker is a paramedical worker who has been trained in social case work, and in the a of interviewing people. There are many situations, in medical and public health organisations, where medical social workers are being employed, e.g., hospitals, tuberculosis clinics, family planning clinics, cancer control centres, mental health, maternal and child welfare, school and university health services. The medical social worker forms a link between the institution where he is employed and the community. The principal work of the medical social worker is to visit the family and probe into the personal, economic and social causes of illness and collect social history of the patient with a view to supplement the medical history. The medical social worker also tries to secure help to the patient through the *community resources. In chronic disabling illnesses like tuberculosis, leprosy and poliomyelitis, the medical social worker helps in the rehabilitation of the patient. The medical social worker is now recognized as anessential professional colleague of the doctor in the analysis and correction of the social and emotional factors and is increasingly relied upon for supplying information that is of fundamental impoance in formulating the complete diagnosis and in directing the treatment of many patients. A medical social worker bears the same relationship to the effectiveness of social medicine, as does the nurse to clinical medicine. Ref: Park 25th edition Pgno : 723