What Do We Know? The Experiences of Social Workers Working Alongside Aboriginal People

Australian Social Work

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-37

  Bennett, Bindi ^a   Zubrzycki, Joanna ^b   Bacon, Violet ^c  

^a Student Counsellor and Mental Health Practitioner ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people and communities; Practice framework; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951999539     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2010.511677     Document Type: Article

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