Toward the development of an integral approach to social work

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Thomas, Philip E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; History; Integralism; Paradigms; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009630287     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v09n03_01     Document Type: Article

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