对于大多数人来说,“医务社工”一词多少显得陌生。但事实上,在西方国家,医务社会工作已得到迅速发展及广泛应用。早在16世纪,英国就出现了“施赈者”岗位,帮助病人解决因疾病而产生的各种问题,目前更是步入制度化的轨道;在美国,许多医院设有社会工作部,医务社会工作者和医生、护士一样是医院的正式雇员,仅霍普金斯大学附属医院就有100多名社会工作者。然而,在我国,目前除了北京、上海、广州等地少数医院设立社会工 For most people, the term “medical social worker” seems unfamiliar. However, in fact, medical social work has been rapidly developed and widely used in western countries. As early as the 16th century, the United Kingdom has emerged as a “Relief ” position to help patients solve various problems caused by the disease, is now more into the institutionalized track; in the United States, many hospitals have social work department Medical social workers, like doctors and nurses, are full-time employees of the hospital. Only Hopkins University Hospital has more than 100 social workers. However, in our country, at present, except for a few hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, social workers are set up