Social Case Work Practices As A Strategy For Patients Welfare In Public Hospitals of Karachi: A Description Of Experience

Abstract

This study is divided into five sections and covers a brief overview of the clinical practices of Social Case Work as a strategy for patient’s welfare in the Public Hospitals of Karachi. In section one, the concept of Social Case Work in Pakistani pedagogical scenario and Social Case Work’s contribution to the current health care system is discussed. The second section of the study covers the review of the literature. The succeeding section, i.e. section III stated the methodology adopted to derive the results of the study. The results of this study, based on the analysis ended by applying the proposed methodology have been argued in section IV. In the concluding section, conclusions and recommendations were presented. In this exploratory research study, the qualitative methods have employed to understand the reasons which are responsible for de-value of Social Case Work Practices in the public hospitals in Karachi.