A hospital social worker is charged with completing a biopsychosocial– spiritual–cultural assessment on a client upon admission. In the biological section of the assessment, the social work lists the client’s current medications, weight, height, blood pressure, and subjective assessment of well-being. The social worker then moves on to the psychological section of the assessment. When the social worker’s supervisor looks at the biological section, it will be viewed as _________.

The biopsychosocial–spiritual–cultural assessment provides critical information on the current/presenting issue or issues, including a client’s past and present physical health and developmental milestones. In order to be complete, the biological section should contain a client’s medical history, developmental history, current medications, substance abuse history, and family history of medical illnesses. The information that was collected from the social worker in the case vignette is acceptable, but is not adequate or sufficient for a thorough assessment.