Rediscovery of the "Self: Culturally sensitive intervention for Chinese divorced women

Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage: Professional Practice in the Hong Kong Cultural Context

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 143-168

  Chan, Cecilia Lai Wan ^a,b   Hung, Shirley Suet Lin ^c   Kung, Winnie Wai Ming ^d  

^a Department of Social Work and Social Administration ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CARITAS INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION   (Hong Kong)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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