Repositioning Social Work in the Modern Workforce: The Development of a Social Work Assistant Role

Australian Social Work

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 593-603

  O'Malia, Angela ^a   Hills, Andrew P ^a   Wagner, Scott ^a  

^a MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical Practice; Delegation; Medical Social Work; Model of Care; Professionalism; Social Work Assistant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912001566     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2013.830754     Document Type: Article

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