Professional distance and social work: Stretching the elastic?

Australian Social Work

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-461

  Green, Rosemary ^a   Gregory, Raeleene ^a   Mason, Robyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Professional Boundaries; Professional Distance; Social Work Profession

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055343182     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070600986010     Document Type: Article

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