Promoting resilience in child and family social work: Issues for social work practice, education and policy

Social Work Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-104

  Gilligan, Robbie ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Context; Helping; Networks; Relationships; Resilience; Strengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050411996     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261547032000175728     Document Type: Article

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