Mental health workers negotiating risk on the frontline

Australian Social Work

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-459

  Sawyer, Anne Maree ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community care; Frontline workers; Mental health; Professional identities; Risk management; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649090682     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070903265724     Document Type: Article

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