Private pain, public choices: Influence of problems in the family of origin on career choices among a cohort of MSW students

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 869-881

  Sellers, Sherrill L ^a   Hunter, Andrea G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Career Choice; Family Origin; Family Trauma Dysfunction; Social Work Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050325487     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470500342223     Document Type: Article

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