An unfinished reflexive journey: Social work students' reflection on their placement experiences

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-105

  Lam, Ching Man ^a   Wong, Hung ^a   Leung, Terry Tse Fong ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Reflection; Reflexivity; Social work placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846783050     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl320     Document Type: Article

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