Environmental Justice and Social Work Education: Social Workers' Professional Perspectives.

Environmental injustice is a growing human rights issue as climate change and environmental degradation rapidly increases. As a social justice problem, it is relevant to the social work profession, yet not integrated into our curricula. This study of 373 social work professionals found that environm...

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Publicado en:Social Work Education Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 484 - 502
Autores principales: Nesmith, Ande, Smyth, Nora
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2015
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