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Pragmatic professionalism: micro-level discourse in social work

Pragmatisk professionalism: mikropolitiska konstruktioner i socialt arbete

Pages 295-312 | Received 09 Oct 2009, Accepted 28 Oct 2010, Published online: 19 Jul 2011

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