Preparing for the inevitable: Training social workers to cope with client suicide

Journal of Teaching in Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Sanders, Sara ^a   Jacobson, Jodi M ^b   Ting, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Client suicide; Education; Social workers; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749247521     PISSN: 08841233     EISSN: 15407349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08841230802178821     Document Type: Article

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