Health Care

Hospital Social Work Department

Hospital department responsible for administering and providing social services to patients and their families.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospital department responsible for administering and providing social services to patients and their families.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Social Work Department, Hospital

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

91(84); was see under HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS 1984-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Hospital Departments (1968-1983)
  • Social Work (1978-1983)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. N02.278w.216.500.968w.730
  2. N04w.452.442.452.422w.730

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NLM Classification

W 322

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Social Work Department. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012948. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012948
  2. Hospital Social Work Department. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70490572