Biracial sensitive practice:Expanding social services to an invisible population

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 29-44

  Hall, Ronald E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Asians; Biracial sensitivity; Latinos; Native Americans; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009591375     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v05n02_03     Document Type: Article

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