title: Working with medicated clients: a primer for social workers.
abstract: The vastly increased use of prescribed and nonprescribed drugs in this society means that even such traditional social work activities as assessment and advocacy now frequently require a knowledge of the effects of drugs. Integrating a knowledge of basic concepts of pharmacology into practice will enable the social worker to help clients more effectively and to improve the health care they receive.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004358:Drug Therapy; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004366:Nonprescription Drugs