Afrocentricity: An Emerging Paradigm in Social Work Practice

Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 284-294

  Schiele, Jerome H ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afrocentricity; Cultural diversity; Oppression; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMAN; NEGRO; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030135933     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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