 Social Workers
"Social Workers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Professionals who work with persons affected by social disadvantages such as POVERTY; mental and physical illness or disability, and social injustice. Their focus is on both the individual and his or her environment, including violations of their civil liberties and human rights.
| Descriptor ID |
D000068217
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.919
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| Concept/Terms |
Social Workers- Social Workers
- Social Worker
- Worker, Social
- Workers, Social
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| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Workers" by people in Profiles.
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Luke MJ, Muleta H, Kim V, Beatty B, Brittan M, Bowers M, Kenyon CC, Scribano PV, Fiori K, Vasan A. Social Worker and Community Health Worker Collaboration in Addressing Social Needs. Pediatrics. 2025 Sep 01; 156(3).
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Thibodeau P, Arena A, Wolfson H, Talamantes M, Albright K. "Working within broken systems": Social workers bridge the fractures of U.S. healthcare: A qualitative inquiry on moral injury. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Oct; 358:117262.
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Stocker B, Jain S, Patel L, Tarantino C, Sullivant S, Worland K. Impact of a Mental Health Screening Process in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Jul 01; 40(7):562-565.
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Ma JE, Schlichte L, Haverfield M, Gambino J, Lange A, Blanchard K, Morgan B, Bekelman DB. Do goals of care documentation reflect the conversation?: Evaluating conversation-documentation accuracy. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Aug; 72(8):2500-2507.
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Bekelman DB, Feser W, Morgan B, Welsh CH, Parsons EC, Paden G, Baron A, Hattler B, McBryde C, Cheng A, Lange AV, Au DH. Nurse and Social Worker Palliative Telecare Team and Quality of Life in Patients With COPD, Heart Failure, or Interstitial Lung Disease: The ADAPT Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2024 01 16; 331(3):212-223.
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Elman A, Cox S, Gottesman E, Herman S, Kirshner A, Tietz S, Shaw A, Hancock D, Chang ES, Baek D, Bloemen E, Clark S, Rosen T. The critical role of the specialized social worker as part of ED/hospital-based elder mistreatment response teams. J Elder Abuse Negl. 2024 Aug-Oct; 36(4):384-394.
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Rehman T, Pidgeon H, Chimileski B, Parker S, Hsieh D. Scoping Review: Medical Education Interventions Optimizing Social Workers in the Emergency Department. West J Emerg Med. 2022 Dec 30; 24(2):201-205.
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Plys E, Smith R, Portz JD. "You Lose Some Good Friends": Death and Grief in Assisted Living. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2022 Apr-Jun; 18(2):160-176.
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Callister C, Lockhart S, Holtrop JS, Hoover K, Calcaterra SL. Experiences with an addiction consultation service on care provided to hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder: a qualitative study of hospitalists, nurses, pharmacists, and social workers. Subst Abus. 2022; 43(1):615-622.
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Xu Y, He N, Lu W, Fluke J. Understanding factors associated with barefoot social workers' decision making in assessing and reporting child physical abuse in China. Child Abuse Negl. 2021 10; 120:105177.
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