Cultural, gender and socioeconomic contexts in therapeutic and social policy work

Family Process

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-101

  Waldegrave, Charles ^a  

^a The Family Centre New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contexts; Culture; Gender; Social Policy; Socioeconomic; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WORK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CULTURE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 61449250644     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2009.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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