Communication skills training for practice: The ethical dilemma for social work education

Social Work Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-422

  Richards, Sally ^a   Ruch, Gillian ^b   Trevithick, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Communication Skills; Interviewing Skills; Managerialism; Social Work Education; Teaching and Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050419633     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470500096928     Document Type: Note

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