Human Service Workers Support Analysis

Running head: HUMAN SERVICES
Human Services
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Introduction
The field of human service mainly deals with the needs and demands of human beings
who are in need. In other words the human service workers will have to make sure that they are
providing the needed moral and emotional support to all those who are in need and who have to
get the timely support in order to lead a proper life. They have the work of providing an overall
good quality of the living standards of people who are the victims of some or the other issues like
poverty, addiction or any other such aspects (Mackelprang and Salsgiver 2016). The objective of
the essay is to study the profession of a medical doctor in the context of a human service worker.
In addition to this, the essay will also explore the sufficient roles and responsibilities that are
associated with this role and the transformations that have actually taken place in the same. A
medical doctor can be considered human service wore because he has the responsibility of
attending to people who are suffering from any mental or physical health issues. Human service
professionals are the workers who have the duty of identifying the needs and demands of the
people who are suffering from the issues and then also sketch out the exact plan that will be need
for solving these issues and making sure that
Discussion
The profession of a medical doctor can be considered as that of a human service worker
because of many reasons, one of the major reasons that they are the ones who look after the
needs and demands of the people that are suffering from the mental and health illnesses. Their
main role lies in treating patients who are suffering from any kinds of illness. The illness range
from that of a physical illness like injuries in any body parts to some other impacts on their mind
or their mental well being. However in the modern day scenario, the roles and responsibilities of

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doctors and other professions are changing at a very rapid rate. This is because now the doctors
have also turned into communicators (Hsu and Bai 2017). Doctors are becoming effective
communicators. They are trying to take up the role of counselor so that they can understand
about the background of the patients and also be able to make sure that they are taking care of
the emotions of their patients as well. In other words doctors will have to ensure that they are
taking some extra additional services by keeping a proper connection with the family members
or the care givers of their patients so that the patients are able to get a proper care even at their
houses and also from all their family members (Rutberg et al. 2017).
In the 18th century, the roles of Doctors were totally different than what it is now. This is
because of the fact that earlier the medical doctors were the ones who mainly treated the patients
in general and also made sure that they can prescribe the medicines for all kinds of illness.
However, with the advent of tine, there have been several changes (Martin 2016). This is because
of the fact that now there are different categorizations of doctors. Doctors are trying their level
best to refer their patients to the specialists (Joshi and Joshi 2018). This is because of the fact that
these will be bringing about better and also faster treatment for all the patients. In the modern
day scenario there are now further categories of doctors and there are many specialists as well
who try to gain a special kind of knowledge in the different aspects so that they are able to treat
their patients that are suffering from the different kinds of illness
(Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. 2020).
The pro-activeness and the participation of doctors have also undergone several changes
with the advent of time. This is because of the fact that earlier whenever a patient came to the
hospital, he or she was looked after by either one or two of the clinicians. However now in the
21st century it is seen that the patients are looked after by a large number of doctors or even a