But is it social work? Some reflections on mistaken identities

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1138-1153

  Hugman, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Internationalization; Localization; Micro macro models; Professionalization; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949110050     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm158     Document Type: Article

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