Facilitating the development of social work in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: A collaboration between Jordan and the UK

International Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 799-810

  Cocks, Alison J ^a   Al Makhamreh, Sahar S ^b   Abuieta, Siham ^c   Alaedein, Jehad ^c   Forrester, Donald ^d   Sullivan, Mary Pat ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Education; Jordan; Professional practice; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350463987     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872809342656     Document Type: Article

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