Understanding of and attitudes towards self-help views from palestinian and israeli members of self-help groups

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 131-148

  Ben Ari, Adital Tirosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0032343089     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v24n01_06     Document Type: Article

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