The search for identity: Defining social work - Past, present, future

Social Work

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 298-310

  Gibelman, Margaret ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Definition; Profession; Social environment; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005521163     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/44.4.298     Document Type: Article

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