title: In sickness and in health: future social work roles.
abstract: Increasing specialization, rising costs, and the depersonalization of care are some of the problems affecting the delivery of health care in this country. This article discusses the impact of these and other major developments and proposes expanded tasks and functions to be performed by social workers in the future.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006295:Health Resources / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000639:trends; D012947:Social Work / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States