Perspectives of bilingual social workers: “You just have to do a lot more for them”

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-82

  Engstrom, David ^a   Min, Jong Won ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual social workers; Limited English proficiency (LEP) clients; Social services; Social work practice with immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444240647     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v13n01_04     Document Type: Article

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