Negative capability and social work: Insights from keats, Bion and business

Journal of Social Work Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-148

  Cornish, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bion; Business; Negative capability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957553173     PISSN: 02650533     EISSN: 14653885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02650533.2011.554974     Document Type: Article

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