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Social Workers belong to the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.

The delivery of clinical services provided either face-to-face or with electronic means, within the context of a helping relationship including assessment, diagnosis, case management, counselling, therapy, consultation, crisis intervention, treatment, group services, and programs, social support, and referral services. – Canadian Association of Social Workers

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Dr. Derek Cool, Associate Scientist at London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) and Interventional Radiologist at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), demonstrating the equipment used to deliver radioactive beads to treat patients with kidney cancer.
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