Poverty-aware social work practice: A conceptual framework for social work education

Journal of Social Work Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-243

  Krumer Nevo, Michal ^a   Weiss Gal, Idit ^b   Monnlckendam, Menachem ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 70349216522     PISSN: 10437797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5175/JSWE.2009.200600144     Document Type: Article

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