Back to basics: A critique of the strengths perspective in social work

Families in Society

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-11

  Gray, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 79955812008     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.4054     Document Type: Article

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