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  2. Social work - Wikipedia

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    Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities are central to social work.

  3. Social services - Wikipedia

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    Other examples of social services which may help address this issue include the police, welfare services, counselling, legal aid and healthcare. A photograph of a doctor in 2020 in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Social services and social workers played a central role in the response to the pandemic. Social services and COVID-19

  4. Social welfare programmes in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Social welfare programmes have a long history in South Africa. The earliest form of social welfare programme in South Africa is the poor relief distributed by the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in 1657. The institutionalised social welfare system was established after the British occupied the Cape Colony in 1806.

  5. Medicare (United States) - Wikipedia

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    History Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare amendment (July 30, 1965). Former President Harry S. Truman (seated) and his wife, Bess, are on the far right.. Originally, the name "Medicare" in the United States referred to a program providing medical care for families of people serving in the military as part of the Dependents' Medical Care Act, which was passed in 1956.

  6. History of social work - Wikipedia

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    History of social work. Social work as a profession dates back to years ago, with the first social welfare agencies appearing in urban areas in the 1800s. [1] It has its roots in the attempts of society at large to deal with the problem of poverty and inequality. Social work is intricately linked with the idea of charity work, but must be ...

  7. Healthcare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Private companies such as Grand Rounds also release quality information and offer services to employers and plans to map quality within their networks. One innovation in encouraging quality of healthcare is the public reporting of the performance of hospitals, health professionals or providers, and healthcare organizations.

  8. Non-governmental organization - Wikipedia

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    Types NGOs further the social goals of their members (or founders): improving the natural environment, encouraging the observance of human rights, improving the welfare of the disadvantaged, or representing a corporate agenda. Their goals cover a wide range of issues. They may fund local NGOs, institutions and projects, and implement projects. NGOs can be in the following ways;: orientation, i ...

  9. Francis Townsend - Wikipedia

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    Wilhelmina "Minnie" Bogue. Francis Everett Townsend ( / ˈtaʊnzənd /; January 13, 1867 – September 1, 1960) was an American physician and political activist in California. In 1933, he devised an old-age pension scheme to help alleviate the Great Depression. Known as the "Townsend Plan", this proposal would pay every person over age 60 $200 ...