Social Work and Science.
Interest has grown in the past few years about the place of social work in science. Questions remain, such as whether social work should be considered a science, and if so, where it fits into the constellation of sciences. This article attempts to shed light on these questions. After briefly conside...
| Publicado en: | Research on Social Work Practice Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 219 - 225 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Mar2016
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