Tackling taboo topics: Case studies in group work

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 257-269

  Rubin, Sarah ^a  

^a LMSW   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Courage; Death; Disability; Group process; Latent content; Leader discomfort; Needs of group; Proactive leader; Stigma; Taboo; Use of self

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960660509     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01609513.2011.558824     Document Type: Article

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