Social Work in General Practice - 9781032053813

Taylor & Francis

Social Work in General PracticeAuthor(s): E. Matilda Goldberg, June E. Neill\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032053813, 978-1032053813\nSynopsis\nIn the early 1970s general practitioners were well aware that they were being asked to deal not only with physical illness in their patients but also with the stresses relating to social and emotional problems. Increasingly often they were working together with health visitors and social workers in attempting to respond more effectively to these demands.\n\nOriginally published in 1972, this study describes the attachment of a social worker to a group general medical practice in London, indicating why, for all social groups, the general practice is an appropriate point at which psychosocial problems may be identified and treated. The authors describe the nature and range of patients problems that come to light in the consulting room; how patients present their problems.