Professionalism, postmodern ethics and the global standards for social work education and training

Social Work

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-262

  Sewpaul, Vishanthie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ETHICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MODERNITY; MORALITY; POST-MODERNISM; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TRAINING;

EID: 78149341295     PISSN: 00378054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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