Personal history and professional impairment: Implications for social workers and their employers

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-85

  Pooler, David K ^a   Siebert, Darcy Clay ^b   Faul, Anna C ^c   Huber, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol and drug abuse; Impairment; Organizations; Parentification; Prevention; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749134379     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v32n02_05     Document Type: Article

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