Social workers amidst the crisis of medical neoliberalism and welfare state: Perspectives of healthcare workers in private hospitals regarding social work needs in emergency departments in Türkiye

Pak Güre M. D., Uğurlu Z., Karataş M., Başcıllar M., Karakaya C.

Social Work in Health Care, cilt.64, sa.4-5, ss.85-112, 2025 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 64 Sayı: 4-5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00981389.2025.2468280
  • Dergi Adı: Social Work in Health Care
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, AgeLine, CINAHL, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Psycinfo, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.85-112
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Emergency department, medical neoliberalism, medical social work, private hospital, social worker
  • Uşak Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The study aims to examine the perspectives of healthcare workers in the emergency departments of private hospitals in Türkiye regarding the social work needs in these units. Twenty emergency department specialists participated in this qualitative research. The data were obtained by conducting in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview form. In the analyses made with MAXQDA, 3 themes, and 7 sub-themes were created. The study results show that healthcare professionals encounter patients in need of social work in emergency departments and hospital administrators do not employ social workers due to neoliberal policies.