Cyber Counselling: An Innovative Field Education Pilot Project

Social Work Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 484-492

  Mishna, Faye ^a   Levine, Deborah ^a   Bogo, Marion ^a   Van Wert, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyber Counselling Practicum; Innovative Field Education Project; Social Work Cyber Practicum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877818915     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2012.685066     Document Type: Article

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