Introduction to Social Work (8th Edition)
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Introduction to Social Work (8th Edition) by O. William Farley ; Rex A. Skidmore ; Milton G. Thackeray ; Larry Lorenzo Smith ; Scott W. Boyle is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The available edition details are 1999 • Prentice Hall • 404 pages.
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Hardcover: ISBN-13 9780205297610
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