Working for social justice from within the health care system: The role of social class in psychology

Handbook for Social Justice in Counseling Psychology: Leadership, Vision, and Action

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 318-337

  Hopps, Joshua A ^a   Liu, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976220.n23     Document Type: Chapter

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