A Constructivist Perspective on Clinical Social Work Practice with Ethnically Diverse Clients

Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 172-180

  Greene, Gilbert J ^a   Jensen, Carla ^b   Jones, Dorothy Harper ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical social work; Constructivism; Empowerment; Ethnicity; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL WORK;

ADULT; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0030093292     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/41.2.172     Document Type: Review

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