title: Evaluating a social work department in psychiatric hospital.
abstract: It has become increasingly important, as an administrative aid in assessing the functioning of hospital social work departments and improving their services, to determine and evaluate their activities. This article reports on a study conducted by the social work department in a Canadian university psychiatric hospital to determine the work load of social workers, aspects of the process of referring persons for social work services, and differences between hospitalized persons who do or do not receive social work services.
mesh_terms: D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012947:Social Work