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The construction of the unmotivated client as a tool for solving the dilemma between control and reflexive approaches of social workers working with vulnerable children in the Czech Republic

Konstrukce nemotivovaného klienta jako nástroj řešení dilematu mezi kontrolním a reflexivním přístupem sociálních pracovníků pracujících se zranitelnými dětmi v České republice

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