Compassion And Empathy: Social Worker With Elderly Client. A Social Worker Tries To Reassure And Calm An Elderly Ad Partially Disabled Client. She Clasps The Frail Woman`s Hand, Making A Physical And Emotional Contact While She Illicits Information To Help Her Or Put Her Directly In Touch With Individuals And Services Which Could Help Her Surmount Her Immediate Difficulties. This Interaction Took Place In 1979 In The City Of Chicago`s Mayor`s Office For Senior Citizens And Handicapped.

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