'Anti-oppressiveness': Critical comments on a discourse and its context

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 362-375

  Millar, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti oppressive; Discourse; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849133911     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl336     Document Type: Article

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