title: Changing patient populations: considerations for service delivery.
abstract: In keeping with a social work concern that pervades all fields of practice, social workers in health settings have always striven to respond to patients' individual needs. As the nature and needs of the populations that are social work's clientele change, so will the focus of the profession's efforts in delivering health care services.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008489:Medical Indigency; D008875:Middle Aged; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012947:Social Work / Q000639:trends*; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States