Using Social Constructionist Thinking in Training Social Workers Living and Working under Threat of Political Violence

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 545-555

  Shamai, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Political violence; Qualitative evaluation; Social construction; Stress; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NARRATION; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0642371411     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.4.545     Document Type: Article

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