Mission possible; Building social work professional identity through fieldwork placements in China

Social Work Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-310

  Wong, Yu Cheung ^a   Pearson, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bureaucratization; China; Fieldwork; Professional Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044906056     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470601049883     Document Type: Article

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