The professionalisation of social work: A cross-national exploration

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-290

  Weiss Gal, Idit ^a   Welbourne, Penelope ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross national study; International social work; Profession

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049103001     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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