Experiencing social work: Learning from service users

Experiencing Social Work: Learning from Service Users

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-148

  Doel, Mark ^a   Best, Lesley ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth mother; Casual enquiry; Copy of the chapter; Epilogue; New social worker; New worker; Service user; Social work; Social worker; Upcoming case review meet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949883707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446212431     Document Type: Book

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