THE GENERAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL WORK: REPORT ON A TRIAL

Abstract

This report describes the experience of a social work student placement of 10 weeks' duration in a two-man general practice in Perth, Western Australia. The student was completing the final year of the degree of Master of Social Work at the University of Western Australia, and this was the student's third and final practical assignment. In particular, the report describes the means of referral, the nature and size of the social work service on the doctor-patient relationship.