Social Work Services to Patients in the Jewish Institution

Publication Date: March 1977

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Abraham Lurie

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Jewish Content; Social Services; Jewish Organizations; Jewish identification

Type: Other

Abstract:

The author discusses considerations affecting Jewish social services workers, both as differentiated from non-sectarian practitioners, and as applies to the non-sectarian field as well. The author discusses traditional Jewish legal views of medical and social services, as well as dilemmas faced by modern Jewish social workers. Among the topics discussed is how much autonomy clients should be allowed by practitioners, and the special needs of observant Jewish clients.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. by Sanford Sherman, v.53, no.3, March 1977, p.282-288.