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Constructing relations in social work: client, customer and service user? The application and relevance of the term user in social work discourse

Lena HübnerDepartment of Social Work, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 87-98 | Published online: 11 Dec 2013

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