Empathy and professional attitude in social workers and non-trained aides

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 66-75

  Holm, Ulla ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Defence mechanisms; Empathic communication; Empathy; Professional attitude; Social worker

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346995920     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00197     Document Type: Article

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