Dilemmas in the daily work of social insurance officers

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-309

  Hensing, G ^a   Timpka, T ^a   Alexanderson, K ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical incident; Dilemma; Rehabilitation; Social insurance; Social insurance officer; Street level bureaucrat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000214394     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.1997.tb00201.x     Document Type: Article

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