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Australian Social Work Volume 74, 2021 - Issue 2: Special Issue: Embodiment and Social Work. Guest Editors: Jo Mensinga and Loretta Pyles, and Associate Editor Sonya Stanford
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Guest Editorial

Embodiment: A Key to Social Workers’ Wellbeing and Attainment of Social Justice

Jo Mensingaa College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University, Cairns, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Loretta Pylesb School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State University of New YorkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1116-6052
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Pages 131-133 | Published online: 01 Mar 2021

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