Alternative routes to professional status: Social work and the new careers program under the office of economic opportunity

Social Service Review

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 228-254

  Armour, Marilyn Peterson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0040076595     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339670     Document Type: Article

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