Setting the record straight: Social work is not a female-dominated profession

Social Work

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 323-326

  McPhail, Beverly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MANPOWER; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL WORK;

CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYTHOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL WORK; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 2542533022     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/49.2.323     Document Type: Review

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