The effectiveness of self-help groups in a chinese context

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 69-89

  Mok, Bong Ho ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collective empowerment; Negative experiences; Positive effects; Social learning; Social network; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937336431     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v24n02_05     Document Type: Article

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