Social work in malignant hematological diseases
Social work in malignant hematological diseases

Summary/Abstract: Social Work in health began in 1900 at Massachusetts General Hospital in the US. At that time the way of treating patients where previously the home care has been dominant, progressively started to change to the gradual approximation of hospital treatment. Simultaneously with the changing of the site of treatment i.e. care, the professionals were beginning to understand that the conditions in which the patients lived and their personal problems are one of the factors for their illness and recovery. Therefore there is a need for the introduction of the profile of the social worker in the health department, who is going to work on the social problems associated with medical treatment. The initiators of the social workers in the health department thought they would help patients to adapt to the process of hospitalization, providing advice and information on the impact of the disease and the details of the hospital stay.

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