To the team led by Josefa Fernández Barrera of the Department of Social Work and Social Services in the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona for the study: Social work with families: the responsibility of social workers in the self-determination of the most vulnerable groups.
The aim of this project is to identify social work practice with families in vulnerable groups with regard to self-determination during illness. It also seeks to identify the role of the social worker in guaranteeing individual rights to information and decision-making.
The research stresses the transformative function of social work, and uses a qualitative perspective to explore the reasons behind the form and content of existing interventions.The study is being carried out at the following hospitals in Catalonia: Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Clínic, Hospital de Bellvitge, Hospital de Sant Pau, Vall d'Hebron, Hospital del Mar, Hospital Josep Trueta, Hospital Joan XXIII and Hospital Arnau de Vilanova.