The COVID-19 pandemic created an unfamiliar and dynamic reality which posed many challenges for hospital social workers. This article presents the experience of the social work service at Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel in answering the needs of COVID-19-hospitalized patients and their families.
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