Mindful social work: From theory to practice

Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 87-104

  Birnbaum, Liora ^a   Birnbaum, Aiton ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Consciousness; Mindfulness; Social work; Spirituality; Transpersonal

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749287894     PISSN: 15426432     EISSN: 15426440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15426430802113913     Document Type: Article

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