Social Work With Older People: Approaches To Person-Centred Practice
- ISBN-10
- 0335244203
- ISBN-13
- 9780335244201
- Series
- Social Work With Older People
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-03-01
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
- Authors
- Hall, Barbara, Terry
Description
This text fills a gap for an accessible textbook which takes a person-centred approach to working with older people by providing readers with a basic knowledge of policy, legislation, theory and research.
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