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‘It’s difficult to be a social worker these days’: implications of austerity for social work practice in Greece – the case of the ‘Help at Home’ program

‘Είναι δύσκολο να είσαι κοινωνικός λειτουργός σήμερα’: Επιπτώσεις της λιτότητας στην πρακτική της κοινωνικής εργασίας στην Ελλάδα –Η περίπτωση του προγράμματος ‘Βοήθεια στο Σπίτι’.

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