著者

片岡 靖子

出版者

九州保健福祉大学

雑誌

九州保健福祉大学研究紀要 (ISSN:13455451)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, pp.71-77, 2007-03-25

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The purpose of this report is to clarify the roles and tasks of medical social workers in terminally ill patient care. An analysis was performed based on tasks of medical welfare, which were gathered through focus group interviews carried out on the medical staff at "O" Acute Hospital, "A" city. As a result of the survey analysis, it became clear that the target and viewpoint of traditional medical social work, such as response to problems of poverty and the overall relationship of the person and the situation, are needed and as such, new roles, such as construction of a regional cooperative system, the relationship to the viewpoint of living assurance, and the provision of resource ill patient care, by providing a differentiation of functions at medical institutions through a change in medical policy.