In one of the most impoverished areas of Seoul, South Korea, residents live in precarious conditions: tiny micro-units often ...

Physicians engaged in palliative and end-of-life care can appreciate the tremendous value social workers add to an interdisciplinary care team.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 150 social workers — and social work students — gathered at The Staten Island Foundation Elizabeth Dubovsky Fellowship in Social Work Conference last week.

A researcher spent a year living in a jjokbang-chon, an extremely impoverished neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea. While there, he calculated residents' carbon footprints, finding they contribute much ...