Cultural competency: A key to effective future social work with racially and ethnically diverse elders

Families in Society

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-358

  Min, Jong Won ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 26644458321     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3432     Document Type: Review

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