Social work practice with latinos: Key issues for social workers

Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-174

  Furman, Rich ^a   Negi, Nalini Junko ^b   Iwamoto, Derek Kenji ^c   Rowan, Diana ^d   Shukraft, Allison ^e   Gragg, Jennifer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Shimane University School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Hispanics; Latinos; Practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549124054     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/54.2.167     Document Type: Article

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