Teaching social policy to social work atudents: A critical reflection

Australian Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 220-234

  Mendes, Philip ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

effective practice; social policy; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055300158     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0312-407x.2003.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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