Standards for social work education in the North American and Caribbean region: Current realities, future issues

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 581-595

  Healy, Lynne M ^a  

^a University of Connecticut School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Caribbean; North America; Regional Standards; Social Work Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064801491     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261547042000252307     Document Type: Article

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