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Social workers’ engagement in social rights advocacy: individual capacities, organizational milieus, and associations with the working alliance

מעורבות עובדים סוציאליים במיצוי זכויות חברתיות: מאפיינים אישיים, גורמים ארגוניים, והברית הטיפולית

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