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2.
TaylorRobert K., “The Social Control Function in Casework,”Social Casework, Vol. XXXIX, January 1958, pp. 17–21; Irving Weisman and Jacob Chwast, “Control and Values in Social Work Treatment,” Social Casework, Vol. XLI, November 1960, pp. 451–56.
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BerneEric, Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy, Grove Press, New York, 1961. See also Roy R. Grinker and others, Psychiatric Social Work, Basic Books, New York, 1961.
