Social work ethical decision making in an inter-disciplinary context

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1573-1590

  Yeung, Kit Sum Syrine ^a   Ho, Amy Po Ying ^a   Lo, Man Chun Hui ^a   Chan, Engle Angela ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

duty of care; ethical decision making; ethical reasoning; self determination; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954987228     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp065     Document Type: Article

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