Poverty in the eyes of the beholder: Social workers compared to other middle-class professionals

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 893-908

  Weiss, Idit ^a   Gal, John ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Middle classes; Poverty; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649014164     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl340     Document Type: Article

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