Social policy for social work: A teaching agenda

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 789-806

  Weiss, Idit ^a   Gal, John ^b   Katan, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Policy practice; Social policy; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747891754     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch324     Document Type: Article

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