Creating curative communities: Feminist group work with women with eating issues

Australian Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-140

  Black, Catherine ^a  

^a ISIS Centre for Women's Action on Eating   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Feminist therapy; Group work

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050843535     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0312-407X.2003.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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