Community advocacy – A social work role?
Keywords:
literature review, community advocacy, advocacy,Abstract
This is the first of two articles on community advocacy. This first article reviews the literature relating to community advocacy from the perspective of a social work practitioner. A second article will report on research that explored the nature of community based advocacy services in Christchurch from the perspective of the advocates themselves.References
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