The Intersection of Trauma, Racism, and Cultural Competence in Effective Work with Aboriginal People: Waiting for Trust

Australian Social Work

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-117

  Herring, Sigrid ^a   Spangaro, Jo ^b   Lauw, Marlene ^a   McNamara, Lorna ^a  

^a New South Wales Health Education Centre Against Violence   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culturally Competent Social Work; Culture; Indigenous Child Protection; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Social Work; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874592515     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2012.697566     Document Type: Article

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