Social workers in the new human services marketplace: Trends, challenges and responses

Australian Social Work

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-114

  Healy, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human services; Labourforce; Professional recognition; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055303479     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0748.2004.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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