Excerpt from The Hospital as a Social Agent in the Community
In offering this little book to the part of the world which is interested in social work, especially those engaged in hospital social service, the purpose of the author has been to present certain principles which she has found effective in establishing, developing, and maintaining the department in hospitals where she has been privileged to work. No special literary merit is claimed for it; no effort has been made in this direction except to express the thoughts in a clear, concise, forceful way to prove the subject in hand. Case histories have been selected to illustrate different points in the text, and all of them are true records of actual cases handled. Even the mere reference to certain conditions and facts surrounding individuals or pertaining to the point in question have their origin in the author"s memory of a real case. She has thus endeavored to add weight to the statements and arguments through the avenue of true facts rather than theory. Probably any cases recited can be duplicated by social workers who read them; they have been chosen for illustration rather than for any especially remarkable features.
The mission of the book is expressed in the following words by one who read the manuscript: "Your book will be a much needed, guide for social workers, especially in the new field of hospital work in smaller cities." Few hospitals in communities of any size exist in these days without a social service department, and as the years go by all hospitals will seek to broaden their usefulness by contributing in this way to public welfare work. Indeed, before many years pass the author hopes to see the hospital made the center for all the medico-social work in the community.
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