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Empowerment

Purpose and Practice Principle in Social Work

Ruth J. Parsons PhD Assistant Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, Denver, CO, 80208
Pages 7-21 | Published online: 18 Oct 2008

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