The changing gender profile of applicants to qualifying social work training in the UK

Social Work Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-383

  Perry, Richard W ^a   Cree, Viviene E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career Choice; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050647480     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470309144     Document Type: Article

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