The working definition of social work doesn't work very well in China and Malaysia

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 376-387

  Fulcher, Leon C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific social work; Comparative research; Cross cultural social work; Ethnocentrism; Ethnographic research methods; International social work; Non Western approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644454151     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731503013003012     Document Type: Article

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