The subject I chose to follow was the social worker, who I will refer to as John, from the hospital since they use a variety of techniques to collect information from patients and redistribute it back to them. The social work job entails coordinating patient discharges as well as patient/family interaction. As John spoke with the patient, he wrote pertinent information down, such as location, kind of atmosphere, payor source, activities she enjoyed, one …
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