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The Problem of Identity in Social Work

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The Nature of Social Work

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Social work, in common with other ‘helping professions’, aims at promoting human welfare through the prevention and relief of suffering. Its particular concern has always been with human problems of living, but the manifestations of this concern have differed over the years for a number of reasons.

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  1. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Zofia T. Butrym (Senior Lecturer in Social Work)

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Butrym, Z.T. (1976). The Problem of Identity in Social Work. In: The Nature of Social Work. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15685-6_1

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