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What's in a title: Understanding meanings in community care
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What's in a title: Understanding meanings in community care
Learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
demonstrate an awareness that the words ‘care’, ‘welfare’ and ‘community’ have a wide range of social, cultural and historical meanings.
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