Social work education, training and standards in Africa

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 537-554

  Sewpaul, Vishanthie ^a   Lombard, Antoinette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Minimum Standards; SAQA; Social Work; Transformation; Unit Standards; Whole Qualifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050371357     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261547042000252271     Document Type: Article

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