From resilience to resistance: A reconstruction of the strengths perspective in social work practice

International Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-245

  Guo, Wei He ^a   Tsui, Ming Sum ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Resilience; Resistance; Social work practice; Strengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649312014     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872809355391     Document Type: Article

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