The role of the social worker.

Abstract

Social workers are involved with transplant patients and living donors throughout the transplant and donation process including pre-evaluation, psychosocial informed consent, transplant and living donor selection, hospital discharge planning, QAPI committee participation and short term and long-term follow up. Social workers also provide counseling and crisis intervention, patient and family education, information and referral to hospital and community resources and services, facilitate patient and caregiver support groups and mentor programs.