Predictors of role legitimacy and role adequacy of social workers working with substance-using clients

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 239-256

  Loughran, Hilda ^a   Hohman, Melinda ^b   Finnegan, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drug misuse; Role adequacy; Role legitimacy; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649098481     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn106     Document Type: Article

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