SOCIAL WORK FOR CHILDREN IN A HOSPITAL

The social work we do for childish in the Peiping Union Medical College follows the general organization of the hospital, There is a social worker in the Pediatric Clinic, another working in co-operation with the Home Finding Society, and a third in the Surgical Clinic for women and children. The social worker in the Pediatric Clinic sees the families of all the babies who are admitted to the wards and anyone who may be referred from the clinic by the doctors. It is her duty to see that the baby after leaving the hospital has a place to go to where he will have the right care as outlined by the doctor, This means that the social worker must become acquainted with the family and