The person-in-environment approach: Professional ideology and practice of social workers in Israel

Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-75

  Weiss Gal, Idit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Person in environment; Professional ideology; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349107518     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/53.1.65     Document Type: Article

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