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Descriptor English: Social Work Department, Hospital
Descriptor Spanish: Servicio de Asistencia Social en Hospital
Descriptor departamento de trabajo social hospitalario
Entry term(s) departamento hospitalario de servicios sociales
departamento hospitalario de trabajo social
Scope note: Departamento hospitalario responsable de la administración y provisión de servicios sociales para los pacientes y sus familiares.
Descriptor Portuguese: Serviço Hospitalar de Assistência Social
Descriptor French: Service social hospitalier
Entry term(s): Hospital Social Work Department
Tree number(s): N02.278.216.500.968.730
N04.452.442.452.422.730
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012948
Scope note: Hospital department responsible for administering and providing social services to patients and their families.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Hospital Departments (1968-1983)
Social Work (1978-1983)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS 1984-90
History Note: 91(84); was see under HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS 1984-90
Entry Version: SOCIAL WORK DEP HOSP
DeCS ID: 13332
Unique ID: D012948
NLM Classification: W 322
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/06/10
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Social Work Department, Hospital - Preferred
Concept UI M0020065
Scope note Hospital department responsible for administering and providing social services to patients and their families.
Preferred term Social Work Department, Hospital
Entry term(s) Hospital Social Work Department



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