title: Social work and general practice: a review article.
abstract: Closer collaboration with social workers may be a means of enabling the general practitioner to deal with the psychosocial problems expressed in his practice. Emerging interest on the part of general practitioners in exploring the potential contribution of the social worker to patient care is accompanied by some anxiety and ambivalence. Reports of collaborative projects have come mainly from the United Kingdom, and although these offer some guidelines, it is imperative that any policy proposals for the development of closer general practitioner-social worker collaboration in Australia be grounded in an Australian data base.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D012947:Social Work; D006113:United Kingdom