Analyzing the attitude of undergraduate students toward poverty and impoverished persons: Does social work education make a difference?

Journal of Teaching in Social Work

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-20

  Weaver, Robert D ^a   Yun, Sung Hyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude; Poverty; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951883818     PISSN: 08841233     EISSN: 15407349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08841233.2011.539125     Document Type: Article

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