Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills, 9th Edition

700 Pages·2012·32.61 MB·English

by  Dean H. Hepworth, Ronald H. Rooney, Glenda Dewberry Rooney, Kim Strom-Gottfried

Direct Social Work Practice

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Direct Social Work Practice
Theory and Skills

Ninth Edition

D E A N H . H E P W O R T H

Professor Emeritus, University of Utah and Arizona State University

R O N A L D H . R O O N E Y

University of Minnesota

G L E N D A D E W B E R R Y R O O N E Y

Augsburg College

K I M B E R L Y S T R O M - G O T T F R I E D

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and
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Dean H. Hepworth, Ronald H. Rooney,
Glenda Dewberry Rooney, and Kimberly
Strom-Gottfried

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