Medical Social Worker

Japanese: 医療ソーシャル・ワーカー - いりょうそーしゃるわーかー
Medical Social Worker

...The former refers to social welfare, social security, and public health measures implemented in the form of medical insurance, public assistance, and public medical expense payment systems to ensure that patients are not unable to receive treatment due to financial reasons such as financial difficulties with medical expenses and living expenses. The latter refers to the interpersonal service activities mainly carried out individually by medical social workers to eliminate the mental, social, and economic problems of patients and their families that arise in relation to health and medical care. Medical social worker activities began in the UK and the US at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, and in Japan they were carried out at St. Luke's Hospital (now St. Luke's International Hospital) and Saiseikai Hospital before World War II, but became more widespread after the war. ...

[Social Worker]

...However, since there is no qualification system for medical social workers in hospitals and health centers, the need for professionals who work in medical settings as part of a team for the rehabilitation of patients and disabled people is being advocated. The role of medical social workers is to utilize various social welfare systems and services to adjust patients and their environment, to help them live their recuperative lives with peace of mind, and to help patients recover their health and return to society. Because medical social workers are an important part of the rehabilitation medical team in solving the problems of patients and disabled people, educational curricula for them have also been proposed. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "medical social workers" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…前者は,医療費や生活費に困るというような経済的な理由などのために治療が受けられないことがないように,医療保険や公的扶助,医療費公費負担制度などの形で行われる社会福祉,社会保障,公衆衛生などの諸施策をさす。後者は,保健・医療に関連して生じる患者・家族の精神的,社会的,経済的な問題をとりのぞくために,主として個別的に行われる医療ソーシャル・ワーカーmedical social workerによる対人サービス活動をさすものとしてとらえられる。医療ソーシャル・ワーカーの活動は,19世紀末から20世紀初めにイギリスやアメリカで始められたもので,日本でも,第2次大戦前聖ルカ病院(現,聖路加国際病院)や済生会病院などで行われていたが,一般的には戦後になって普及した。…

【ソーシャル・ワーカー】より

…しかし病院や保健所における医療福祉士medical social workerについては資格制度がないので,患者や障害者のリハビリテーションのために,チームワークの一員として医療の場で働く専門職の必要が説かれている。医療ソーシャル・ワーカーの任務は,各種の社会福祉制度やサービスなどを活用して患者とその環境を調整し,安心して療養生活を送ることができるよう援助するとともに,患者の健康の回復,社会復帰を助けることにある。患者や障害者の問題点解決のためには,リハビリテーション医療チームの重要な職種であるから,そのための教育カリキュラムも提案されている。…

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