Social work research and the quest for effective practice

Social Work Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 4-14

  Rosen, Aaron ^a   Proctor, Enola K ^a   Staudt, Marlys M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functions of knowledge; Intervention research; Knowledge for practice; Research design; Research purpose

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013268176     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/23.1.4     Document Type: Article

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