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Using text-based vignettes in qualitative social work research 在定性社会工作研究中使用基于文本的小插曲

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Qualitative Social Work Pub Date : 2023-05-10 DOI: 10.1177/14733250231175386

K. Bain

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引用次数: 1

Encountering bodies and identity dynamics of social worker: A case of a cleft lip and palatesurgeries department 社会工作者的身体接触与身份动态——以唇腭裂外科为例

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Qualitative Social Work Pub Date : 2023-05-09 DOI: 10.1177/14733250231174117

Dan Liu, Ke Cui

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Challenging perspectives: Reflexivity as a critical approach to qualitative social work research 具有挑战性的视角：反思性作为定性社会工作研究的关键方法

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Qualitative Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-28 DOI: 10.1177/14733250231173522

Yayoi Ide, L. Beddoe

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引用次数: 3

In this issue … 在本期中……

3区社会学

Qualitative Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-10 DOI: 10.1177/14733250231170274

Lisa Morriss

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Being, becoming, belonging: Negotiating temporality, memory and identity in life story conversations with care-experienced children and young people 存在，成为，归属:在与经历过护理的儿童和年轻人的生活故事对话中协商时间性，记忆和身份

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Qualitative Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-06 DOI: 10.1177/14733250231168605

Eleanor Staples, D. Watson, Katie Riches

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Unpacking support: A strengths-based investigation into the needs of incarcerated individuals’ loved ones 拆解支持:一项基于优势的调查，调查被监禁者的亲人的需求

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Qualitative Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-06 DOI: 10.1177/14733250231167803

Eman Tadros, A. Henson, Sarah Presley

引用次数: 2

“You have to continue doing the work”: Black women essential workers coping amidst the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racism “你必须继续工作”：黑人女性是应对新冠肺炎和种族主义双重流行病的重要工作者

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Qualitative Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-06 DOI: 10.1177/14733250231167822

Sarah M. Godoy, Lyneisha Dukes, Mimi V. Chapman, Steven Day, R. Goode

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Moving on: Reflections on time well spent 继续：对花得好的时间的反思

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Qualitative Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-05 DOI: 10.1177/14733250231170273

R. Munford

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Strengthening the relationships between different parties: Boundary-spanning competencies in hospital social work 加强多方关系：医院社会工作中跨越边界的能力

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Qualitative Social Work Pub Date : 2023-03-25 DOI: 10.1177/14733250231167821

Ida Krag-Rønne Mannsåker, André Vågan

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Understanding social justice in a changing sociopolitical context: The perspective of social workers in Hong Kong 在变化的社会政治背景下理解社会正义:香港社会工作者的视角