Question

Shelly works as a caseworker at a community healthcare clinic. She loves her job and prides herself on her dedicated service to her clients. One day, the triage nurse lets Shelly know a young homeless man is in need of referral services. Up until this point, Shelly has worked mostly with women and children. She is a little nervous about this. Shelly’s father often criticized the homeless as lazy and greedy. She is trying to not let that impede her ability to help this young man.
Consider the definitions for social structure and social elements. How can your sense of social structure affect your work with patients?

Answer 1

Social structure is the stable pattern of social relationships that exist within a particular group or society. It provides a framework within which we interact with others. It is an orderly, Fixed arrangement of parts that together make up the whole group or society.