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Historically the tasks involved in discharge planning have been a part of the practice of social work as well as the field of nursing. Based on this history and need for collaboration, a study conducted in 1998 measured the responses of 178 nurses and social workers who practiced discharge planning in 58 different hospitals in Alabama. According to the information gathered in this sample, it wa...

introduction: psychological and social health is the main problems of workers population, which can increase productivity at work and physical and mental health and provide or decline in these aspects. materials and methods: this study was descriptive and crosses - sectional and has been performed on 388 iranian central iron ore company workers. the tool of study was standard ghq-28 question ar...

We study the impact of social influence on the performance of ads on social networks. Using data for several ads on Facebook for two different firms, we measure the impact of past connections on the click rate and endorsement rate of ads. We find that increase in the connections does not lead to an increase in the click performance and may even decrease the click performance. We also find that ...

In developing countries, similar to other parts of the world, smartphones and social networks are highly popular. there are many challenges in use of social networks by the health system staff. Clinical photography plays an important role in the medical practice to determine the state, treatment and progression of a patient’s condition. ethical education is needed on how to take and share clini...

This article focuses on the Jewish community center JCC) as a host setting for social work practice. Findings of a national study of JCC professional staff designed to explore the degree of congruence between social work values and JCC practice are presented. The findings have implications for other sectarian and nonsectarian host settings providing similar types of services. The survey was sen...