Building cultural competence for work with diverse families: Strategies from the privileged side

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 33-51

  Dewees, Marty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Diverse families; Generalist practice; Postmodern; Privilege

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937333838     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v09n03_02     Document Type: Article

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