MEDICAL social workers who daily attempt to cope with the task of arranging for the terminal care of cancer patients have long been concerned with the fact that the combination of limited facilities for the care of chronic cases, hospital policies and human nature makes this an almost insurmountable problem. Because this situation became increasingly difficult, four medical social workers representing as many tumor clinics in Boston met to discuss the nature of the problem, to review the limitations of resources and to discover how they could derive mutual help. An analysis of the situation relative to the medical and . . .