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Books by Richard C. Cabot

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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY


A LAYMAN'S HANDBOOK OF MEDICINE. With Special Reference to SocialWorkers.

WHAT MEN LIVE BY.

SOCIAL WORK. Essays on the Meeting-Ground of Doctor and Social Worker.


SOCIAL WORK


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SOCIAL WORK

ESSAYS ON THE MEETING-GROUND
OF DOCTOR AND SOCIAL WORKER

BY

RICHARD C. CABOT, M.D.

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BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1919


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COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY RICHARD C. CABOT

All Rights Reserved


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TO

MARY E. RICHMOND

WHOSE ILLUMINATING BOOK ON "SOCIAL DIAGNOSIS"
MARKS AN EPOCH IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SOCIAL WORK


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PREFACE

Most writers who disclaim thoroughness are prone to describe their workas an outline, a sketch, or an introduction. But the chapters of thisbook are more like spot-lights intended to make a few points clear andleaving many associated topics wholly in the dark. Possibly suchisolated glimpses may serve better than a clear outline to suggest theinterest of the whole topic. At any rate, that is my hope.

Part of the same material has been used in lectures given at theSorbonne in the early months of 1918 and published by Crès & Cie. underthe title of Essais de Médecine Sociale.


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CONTENTS

  INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTOF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE IN MEDICAL WORKvii
Part I: Medical-Social Diagnosis
I.THE MEDICAL STANDING, DUTIES, AND EQUIPMENT OF THE SOCIAL ASSISTANT3
II.HISTORY-TAKING BY THE SOCIAL ASSISTANT28
III.ECONOMIC INVESTIGATION BY THE SOCIAL ASSISTANT47
IV.MENTAL INVESTIGATION BY THE SOCIAL ASSISTANT66
V.MENTAL INVESTIGATION BY THE SOCIAL ASSISTANT, CONTINUED96
VI.THE SOCIAL WORKER'S INVESTIGATION OF FATIGUE, REST, AND INDUSTRIAL DISEASE112
VII.THE SOCIAL WORKER'S BEST ALLY—NATURE'S CURE OF DISEASE127
Part II: Social Treatment
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