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Between professional ethics and bureaucratic rationality: the challenging ethical position of social workers who are faced with implementing a workfare policy
Mellom profesjonsetikk og byråkratisk rasjonalitet: Sosialarbeideres utfordrende etiske posisjon ved iverksetting av arbeidslinjen

Monica KjørstadCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 381-398 | Published online: 15 Aug 2006

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