TY - JOUR
T1 - Social services with cancer patients and their families
T2 - Implications for independent social workers
AU - Royse, David
AU - Dhooper, Suijit
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - Two hundred and forty-seven cases from a specialized agency providing social services to cancer patients and their families were studied. Characteristics of those utilizing services and associations between clients’ social risk factors and the extent of social work outpatient interventions were explored. Younger, divorced and single/widowed female cancer patients received greater amounts of service. Supportive counseling was the service most needed by a majority oi the clients. Implications for independent social work practitioners are discussed.
AB - Two hundred and forty-seven cases from a specialized agency providing social services to cancer patients and their families were studied. Characteristics of those utilizing services and associations between clients’ social risk factors and the extent of social work outpatient interventions were explored. Younger, divorced and single/widowed female cancer patients received greater amounts of service. Supportive counseling was the service most needed by a majority oi the clients. Implications for independent social work practitioners are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1300/J283v02n03_07
DO - 10.1300/J283v02n03_07
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84934454646
SN - 0883-7562
VL - 2
SP - 63
EP - 71
JO - Journal of Independent Social Work
JF - Journal of Independent Social Work
IS - 3
ER -
