Social Workers' conceptions of the relationship between theory and practice in an organizational context

International Social Work

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 543-557+560+562+564+566+568

  Chan, Ko Ling ^a   Chan, Cecilia L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 7044233409     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872804046260     Document Type: Article

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