Promoting compassionate concern in social work: Reflections on ethics, biology and love

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1371-1386

  Bilson, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biology; Cognition; Emotion; Ethics; Maturana; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349092291     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl060     Document Type: Article

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