Social work and the behavioral sciences: past history, future prospects
Bloom, S.W.
Social Work in Health Care 31(3): 25-37
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0098-1389
PMID: 11101163
DOI: 10.1300/j010v31n03_02
Accession: 047391333
The relationship between social work and medical sociology is analyzed, utilizing case studies of an academic institution, Harvard University, and a private foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation. Both strongly supported social work during the first decades of the twentieth century, and both changed their focus to social science. Why this change occurred, and its implications for social work and the behavioral sciences in medical education is the central theme of this discussion.