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Social Work with Older People in Europe: Diversity and Change

Angie Ash, Judith Phillips

Indian Journal of Gerontology, Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 474 - 493

Swansea University Authors: Angie Ash, Judith Phillips

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Any account of social work with older people in Europe has to grapple with a number of definitional and conceptual challenges. These include delineating and describing ‘Europe’ and the typology and histories of its welfare states; defining social work, social care and social services (terms that sha...

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Published in: Indian Journal of Gerontology
ISSN: 0971-4189
Published: 2011
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